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Family Pressure and Academic Stress in Psychology Graduate Students: A Quantitative Investigation

Author(s) Divya K, Meera M
Country India
Abstract Psychology graduate students face intensive academic demands while simultaneously navigating family expectations regarding career choices, achievement timelines, and life milestones. This quantitative study examines the relationship between family pressure and academic stress, and their combined impact on psychological well-being among psychology graduate students in India. training to become mental health professionals while simultaneously managing significant personal stressors that threaten their own psychological well-being. Participants completed validated measures including the Family Pressure Scale, Academic Stress Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), and WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses examined main and interaction effects of family pressure and academic stress on mental health outcomes. Both family pressure and academic stress demonstrated strong positive correlations with psychological distress and negative correlations with quality of life and flourishing. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed significant main effects for both stressors, and critically, a significant interaction effect indicating that the combination of high family pressure and high academic stress produced disproportionately detrimental outcomes beyond additive effects. Female students, late-stage program students, and self-funded students emerged as particularly vulnerable subgroups. Findings underscore the urgent need for comprehensive mental health support services in psychology graduate programs that address both academic demands and family-related stressors, ultimately promoting student well-being and professional sustainability.
Keywords Family pressure, academic stress, psychology graduate students, mental health, well-being, gender differences, India
Field Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On 2026-02-13
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.68712
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