STUDY HABITS AND MENTAL HEALTH IN RELATION TO THEIR EXAMINATION STRESS OF VELLORE HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS: A GENDER WISE ANALYSIS

In 21stcentury learning student’s use educational technologies to apply knowledge to new situations, analyze information, collaborate, solve problems, and make decisions, utilizing emerging technologies to provide expanded learning opportunities is critical to the success of future generations. Improved options and choice for students will help improve student completion and achievement. This article deals with the study habits and mental health in relation to their examination stress of Vellore higher secondary students, the investigator adopted survey method of research. The data were collected using Study Habits Inventory was developed and standardized by D. Gopal Rao (1985), Mental Health Inventory was evolved and standardized by Droved and Augustine (1990), and examination stress scale developed and validated by the investigator. The sample consists of 1010 higher secondary students, 183 from Vellore Corporation, 509 from Government and 318 from Government aided schools and the investigator has followed the Stratified Random sampling procedure for the selection of the respondents for the study. Mean, standard deviation, ‘t’ and ‘r’ were used for analyzing the data. The findings revealed that the study habits and mental health in relation to their Examination stress of Vellore higher secondary students were significantly correlated.