A Study on Emotional Discontent among College Students

This paper is aimed to report the findings of a study done on emotional discontent among college students in Tiruchirappalli city. The data were collected from 408 undergraduate college students studying in leading college in Tiruchirappalli. A questionnaire consisted of general information and Depression, Anxiety and Stress – 42 (DASS) was used collect the data from them. The final data were analyze and it was found out that the level of perception of depression, anxiety and stress among the students are not equal but various. There is no significant differences in perception of depression, anxiety and stress based on the domicile of the students. But there are significant difference found in depression, anxiety and stress among students based on their gender and stream of study. Further it was observed that there is significant correlation among these three factors of discontent among their students.