ABSTRACT
Stress represents a normal, necessary, and unavoidable phenomenon in one’s life that causes temporary discomfort and at times has long-term consequences both physically and emotionally. Several factors cause stress experienced by individuals irrespective of age or profession. Among these, the type of person one is that reflects his personality, is a major factor that can impact stress. While some individuals can handle huge amounts of stress and function normally, others collapse when they experience stress for long. Currently, the academic stress experienced by college students is on the rise as they are under pressure to pursue professional courses after or even while pursuing their degree on account of the rising expectations of their kin and kin and to meet the demands of the competitive job market. Also, due to the autonomy system, even students doing their degree experience stress as they are under pressure to satisfy the requirements of the autonomy pattern to obtain a degree. As personality has a deep significance in the ability to handle stress, this paper aims to find the relationship between personality and factors causing academic stress.
Keywords: personality, Big Five Factor, academic stress, courses, students, type.
Received : 4th January 2019
Accepted : 30th January 2019
Published : 13th February 2019
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