An Investigation on Study Habits, Temperament and Academic Stress among Special need Students: a study during COVID 19

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unpresidential impact of all aspect of people lives. The study was to do a survey on special needs students during the COVID in regards to their Study habits, Temperament and Academic stress level. The aim of this research was to conduct a comparative study and examine the students without special needs and special needs students that is, what is the impact of Covid 19 on their study habits, temperament and academic stress. In this study the sample consists of 100 students which includes 50 children with special needs and 50 children without having special needs (normal children) who were randomly selected from the age of 14-18years. The students selected for the survey belongs to various schools in Delhi. The questionnaires are used for data collection to identify the study habits, temperament and academic stress are “Study Habit Inventory by B.V. Patel”, “DIMENSIONS OF TEMPERAMENT SCALE (DTS) by N. K. Chadha and S. Chandna” and “Academic Stress Questionnaire by Mohammad Akram, Mohd. Ilyas Khan, Sabiha Baby”. Simple Percentage Analysis and z-test were used from a statistical perspective to analyze the study habits, temperament and academic stress of the students. This study shows there is a difference between study habits, temperament and academic stress of the children with special needs and children without having special needs. It is found that the covid 19 pandemic influence the study habits, temperament and academic stress of all the students. The review concludes with a summary of major research findings, as well as a consideration of future directions and implications for practice and policy.