Impact of Academic Stress on Motivation and Academic Achievement of Undergraduates
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The current study analyzes the impact of academic stress on motivation and academic achievement of undergraduates. The nature of the study is quantitative and survey research design was used. Students of University of Sargodha were selected as the population for this research. The sample was taken from four faculties and seven departments through multistage convenient sampling technique. Data was collected from 565 undergraduate students by using two adaptive questionnaires. Students’ academic performance was measured through cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). Data was analyzed through SPSS version 22. The descriptive statistics (mean, media, mode, standard deviation and normality test) and inferential statistics (correlation, regression and t-test) were used for data analysis. The findings showed insignificant gender differences among academic stress, learning motivation, and the academic performance of the university students.
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