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Volume : I, Issue : IV, May - 2011

Social involvement and Stress in relation to Information Technology Orientation

Alpana Vaidya , B. R. Shejwal

Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

Information Technology has revolutionized the world. It has influenced all the aspects of human life. Students are not an exception to this. Therefore, a study was planned and carried out on the third year B.Sc. computer science students of Pune city, with the following statement: “A study of social involvement, stress and selfesteem in relation to IT orientation (IT)”. The participants in this study were 470 third year B.Sc. computer science students out of which 215 were girls and 255 were boys. Tools were developed by the researchers to measure Social Involvement, Stress and ITO. Psychometric properties of the tests were determined and then they were used for data collection. Data were analyzed with the help of SPSS 11.5 for Windows. Pearson’s product-moment correlation was used to test correlational hypotheses and a t-test was used to find out the significant differences if any on social involvement, stress and Information Technology Orientation. Obtained results showed that there social involvement was positively correlated with IT orientation. Stress was negatively correlated with IT orientation. Boys and girls did not differ in social involvement. Stress was more among boys than among girls. Boys and girls did not differ in IT orientation.

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Alpana Vaidya , B. R. Shejwal, (2011). Social involvement and Stress in relation to Information Technology Orientation. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. I, Issue. IV, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/183.pdf

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