Relationship of Academic Performance with Perceived Stress and Body Mass Index.

Abstract

The present study examined the relationship of academic performance with Body Mass Index (BMI) and Perceived Stress (PS) among postgraduate students’ in Pakistan. The objective of the study was to examine the academic performance of postgraduate students studying in public universities of Pakistan. A total of 362 MPhil Education students (282 male and 80 female) were randomly selected to participate in this survey study, following a simple random sampling technique. The relationship among Body Mass Index (BMI), Perceived Stress (PS) and students’ Academic Performance (AP) was calculated by using SPSS software version 20, the findings showed students’ academic Performance has negative correlation with perceived stress.