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@article{187440,
        author = {Ms. Pranoti Ramesh Bagde},
        title = {Academic Stress in High-Achieving Students: When Success Becomes a Source of Anxiety},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {6222-6229},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=187440},
        abstract = {The study explores the relationship between performance pressure and academic stress among the high performing students with emphasis on the contributing elements that cause the achievement related distress. The respondents of the study are students of higher secondary schools and colleges within urban India. The sample size of the study is 150 respondents whose data is obtained using a mixed-method approach and a structured questionnaire. Quantitative analysis is done in MS Excel and SPSS 27 where mean, standard deviation, correlation and regression analysis are applied. The results indicates that performance pressure and academic stress are positively and significantly correlated (r = 0.252, p < 0.01), which proves that performance expectations are higher, and the debt level is higher. The regression analysis indicates that the contributing factors explain 30% (R2 = 0.300) of the variation in achievement-related distress and thus they have a strong predictive ability. The analysis puts considerable emphasis on the contradiction of high motivation and high ambition, which are the determinants of success, turning into the cause of anxiety and emotional stress. It recommends educational, parental and a policy response to ensure the achievement is balanced with mental health.},
        keywords = {Academic Stress, Performance Pressure, Achievement Distress, High-Achieving Students, Emotional Well-being},
        month = {November},
        }