Stress is a physical, mental, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension. Stress is the psychological and physiological reaction which occurs when people perceive an imbalance between the level of demand placed upon them, and their capability to meet those demand. The present research was conducted to study the stress index among Parents of Adolescent under the various Domains and to compare the Stress Index of Parents of adolescent girls and boys and also of fathers and mothers. The sample consisted of 120 parents (60 of adolescent boys and 60 of adolescent girls) from urban areas of Jammu district. Random sampling techniques were used to select the areas for the study and purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. The information was collected by interview schedule and Stress Index for Parents of Adolescent Scale. Data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively by using statistical techniques. The results of the study showed that majority of parents of adolescent boys and girls were in the age group of 30-40 years and were graduates. Almost all the fathers of adolescent boys and girls were in government job. Most of the adolescent boys and girls were in the age group of 11-13 years. The results further revealed that majority of the respondents both parents of adolescent boys and girls had obtained within normal limit scores on all domains of Stress Index i.e. Adolescent Domain, Parent Domain, AdolescentParent Relationship Domain, Life Stress and Total Stress. The results of the study also revealed that the parents of adolescent girls having higher mean score on all domains than parents of adolescent boys. The mean scores and t-scores of parents of adolescent boys and girls shows highly significant difference on Life Stress and significant difference on Total Stress between Parents of adolescent boys and girls. Over all, the results indicated that both the Parents of adolescent boys and girls have low level of Stress.
