<![CDATA[Many factors contribute to the stress being experienced by students but one common cause of academicstress in India is School. Such stress comes from too much homework, unsatisfactory academic performance,preparation for tests, lack of interest in a particular subject, and teacher’s punishment. Stress from highexpectations of teachers, parents, and self is usually an agony for students studying in schools1.Objectives: The study was conducted (i) to assess the level of academic stress and its consequences ofacademic stress among adolescent students (ii) to find the association between depression and demographiccharacteristics of adolescent students and (iii) to find out the correlation between academic stress and itsconsequence among adolescent students.Material and Methods: 1204 adolescent students studying in schools of Belagavi city were selected byusing stratified cluster sampling technique and were assessed for academic stress by using ESSA scale. Theadolescents were assed for depression and suicidal ideation by using Kutchers depression scale appropriatestatistical methods were used to interpret the data. Results: The results shown that the mean of the sample onthe total academic stress score was 49.38 (SD=13.00) and 273 (i.e.22.67%) reported high level of academicstress. The depression assessment shown that 381 students (i.e. 31.64%), 625 (i.e. 51.91%) and 198 (i.e.16.45%) have mild, moderate and severe levels of depression respectfully and the scores have shown thatamong N=1204 students 1021 students (i.e. 84.80%) have responded No and 183 students (i.e. 15.20%) haveresponded Yes for the suicidal ideation. Conclusion: The academic stress among students causes depressionand suicidal ideation among adolescent and knowing and handling this stress may prevent adolescents fromhaving difficult situations.]]>
