An Empirical Study of Mental Stress Among Engineering Students in Gujarat

Abstract

There is a mental health crisis, as evidenced by the rising number of suicide cases in India's leading colleges for engineers. Social scientists, legislators, educators, and parents have all expressed serious worry about the declining mental health of engineering students. However, this problem has not been the subject of much scholarly investigation. In India, mental stress among engineering students has become a serious problem, especially in areas with high academic standards like Gujarat. With a primary focus on academic expectations, this study investigates the degree and effects of stress among engineering students under a hypothetical theoretical performance-pressure model. Peer pressure, a lack of institutional resources, and external socioeconomic issues are among the major stresses identified by the study using a questionnaire-based empirical technique. The purpose of the current study is to investigate risk variables for mental health crises in engineering students. The sequential exploratory mixed-method design is used in this investigation.