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Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 12
First page : ( 1780) Last page : ( 1787)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.02248.9

Perceived Social Support and Perceived Stress, Relations to Adjustment among Migrant Students: A Test of Buffering Hypothesis

Vats Neha1, Kaur Navdeep2

1Assistant Professor, School of Education, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

2Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Online published on 2 February, 2019.

Abstract

Current study intended to probe into the associationamongst the perceived stress and adjustment, and also the main and buffering effect of support from other and support from friend, in a sample of 325 JNV migrants (196 = male and 129 = female) migrant students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Bivariate analyses revealed strong correlation of perceived stress with educational, emotional and social adjustment. Test of interaction effects indicated that support from signifcant others and friend buffered the infuence of higher level of perceived stress on educational, social and emotional adjustment. Outcomes of the present research supports moderating part ofperceived social support in relation to perceived stress and proposes the requirement forenablingthe intact support system for migrants. Implications for minimising the effects of perceived stress among migrant students are also discussed.

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Keywords

Perceived stress, perceived social support, adjustment, migrants.

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