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PERCEIVED STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS HAVING AFFAIRS WITH OPPOSITE SEX PARTNERS: A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY PERSPECTIVE
By: Mohd. Ashik Shahrier, Md. Nurul Islam, Kazi Imrul Kayesh, Md. Takbir Hasan
Key Words: Perceived stress, mental health, affair, opposite sex partner
JLES-Vol-9-No-P-107-116-, December 2014
AbstractThe present study designed to investigate the perceived stress and mental health of public university students having affairs or no affairs with opposite sex partners. Towards this end, the study was conducted on 120 respondents of Chittagong University. The respondents were selected purposively. Instruments used in this study include: 1) Structured Interview Form, 2) Perceived Stress Questionnaire (Keya, 2006) and 3) Bangla version (Ilyas and Ayesha, 2002) of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) originally developed by Goldberg (1978). Findings of the study showed that perceived stress and mental health scores of the overall respondents, respondents having affairs, and respondents having no affair were significantly negatively associated. Findings also revealed significant differences in perceived stress and mental health of respondents in terms of relationship status. Results also indicated respondents’ scores of ‘duration of affairs’ and ‘duration of physical relations’ was significantly positively associated.
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Mohd. Ashik Shahrier, Md. Nurul Islam, Kazi Imrul Kayesh, Md. Takbir Hasan
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