STRESS, EXPECTANCY FOR SUCCESS AND ACADEMIC RESILIENCE AMONG THE ENGINEERING COLLEGE STUDENTS.
K.R.Santhosh* and O.S.Sreejith**
Abstract: The study analyzed how the experience of stress and the expectancy for success influenced the academic resilience of the engineering students. Data were collected from a purposive convenient sample of 150 students of the Government Engineering College located at Sreekrishnapuram (Palakkad district) in the state of Kerala. The instruments used were The Expectancy for Success Scale (Fibel and Hale, 1978) and Are You A Type A Student Questionnaire (Rathus and Fichner-Rathus, 1997). The students were classified into those with high academic resilience and those with low academic resilience on the basis of the score they received in the first semester exams. Univariate ANOVA indicated that students with high stress were low in their academic resilience and those with high expectancy is high in their academic resilience. Linear regression analysis indicated that stress has inverse relationship with expectancy for success in the engineering college students.
Keywords: Academic resilience, Stress, Expectancy for success.
*K.R.Santhosh, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Research Psychologist, AMMA Psychological Research Centre, Cherpalchery, Palakkad – 679503. email: sunthoshh@gmail.com
**O.S.Sreejith, M.Sc.
Educational Psychologist, AMMA Psychological Research Centre, Cherpalchery, Palakkad – 679503
Abstract: The study analyzed how the experience of stress and the expectancy for success influenced the academic resilience of the engineering students. Data were collected from a purposive convenient sample of 150 students of the Government Engineering College located at Sreekrishnapuram (Palakkad district) in the state of Kerala. The instruments used were The Expectancy for Success Scale (Fibel and Hale, 1978) and Are You A Type A Student Questionnaire (Rathus and Fichner-Rathus, 1997). The students were classified into those with high academic resilience and those with low academic resilience on the basis of the score they received in the first semester exams. Univariate ANOVA indicated that students with high stress were low in their academic resilience and those with high expectancy is high in their academic resilience. Linear regression analysis indicated that stress has inverse relationship with expectancy for success in the engineering college students.
Keywords: Academic resilience, Stress, Expectancy for success.
*K.R.Santhosh, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Research Psychologist, AMMA Psychological Research Centre, Cherpalchery, Palakkad – 679503. email: sunthoshh@gmail.com
**O.S.Sreejith, M.Sc.
Educational Psychologist, AMMA Psychological Research Centre, Cherpalchery, Palakkad – 679503
