Abstract
A Student's life is subjected to different kinds of stressors, such as the pressure of secondary(w) an obligation of success, uncertain future and difficulties envisaged for integration into the system, these Students face social, emotional, physical and family problems which may affect their learning ability Some of them Find it hard to cope with the stress.
Coping with stress is essential to survival and wellbeing and it has been identified as a stabilization component which may did an Individuals in psychological adaption throughout high stress Situations in addition to dealing to stressful situations, students must manage with educational pressures.
A descriptive Cross-sectional design used to Study the Relationship between symptom of Stress and personality trait among Secondary School students at Al-Najaf City (October, 2023) tο (april, 2024).
A non-probability (Purposive) sample was selected to obtain representative and accurate data. The total number of students participating in the Study was (200) Students.
The study results show that there is a high significant relationship between stress levels and the study sample. demographic data (sex, economic status and mental illness) at p-value less than (0.001), and relationships between Stress levels & living patterns at p-value less them (0.05).
The study concludes that stress levels affect of personality trait among Secondary School Students. And this conclusion is proved through the statistical approaches that show there is a correlation between the stress levels and personality traits, So there is no enough evidence to accept the null hypothesis. Otherwise, the alternative hypothesis is accepted.
The study recommends to Study Supporting educational methods by the Educational Committee that limits violent and aggressive behavior of adolescents in schools, such as (moving away from scenes of an aggressive nature, beating, violence, fighting, quarrels, and blood scenes), school professionals should consider taking adolescents’ personality traits and school-based stress into account, Parents may take an active interest in their child's program, providing emotional support. However, parents may be cautious not to exert excessive pressure, Subject teachers should refer any student to the guidance and counselling officers when they detect a problem.
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