RESEARCH www.commprac.com ISSN 1462 2815 COMMUNITY PRACTITIONER 188 SEP Volume 20 Issue 9 STUDY ON THE IMPACT LEVEL OF ADOLESCENT'S ACADEMIC STRESS, BEHAVIOR & EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ON THE QUALITY OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Bahniman Boruah 1 *, Poonam Phogat 2 and Amisha Singh 3 1, 3 Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, India. 2 Department of Psychology, Gargi College, University of Delhi, India. Email Id: 1 vikiboruah97@gmail.com (*Corresponding Author), 2 poonam.phogat@gargi.du.ac.in, 3 samisha987@gmail.com DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8374735 Abstract The quality of Interpersonal relationships(IR) of adolescents has been marked as one of the core factors associated with successful educational transitions, however, little is known about the reciprocal link between academic stress(AS) and behavioral emotional problems (BEP), with even less known about how these two constructs impact adolescents quality of IR. Study investigated the IR, AS, and BEP of adolescents. The data were collected from 120secondary school students(M- =50%,F=50%) (12- 16age;7th-10th grade), 120Parents,(F=66.67%, M=33.33) and 100 teachers (M=50%,F=50%) from 10 schools through a simple random sampling method. The Parents and Peer Attachment Inventory- Revised (Gullone & Robinson, 2005) was used to examining the IR with fathers, mothers and peers, and Adolescents’ Behavioral and Emotional Problem Scale (Dwivedi 2019) was used to assess BEP (teachers & parents’ perspectives). For examining AS, Scale for assessing academic stress ( Sinha, Sharma and Mahendra 2001) was used. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed in SPSS version 23. The findings of the study suggest that there is a moderately positive correlation between adolescents AS and BEP (.494,p<0.01). Furthermore AS (F(2,117)=41.624,p<0.001, and BEP(F(2,117)=41.624,p<0.001, successfully predicted the communication, alienation, and trust components of IR of adolescent at (b = -1.158,p<.001), (b = -.395,p<.001) level. No significant group difference was found in adolescents quality of IR between(male/female) (t(118)= -.157,p=.876), (urban/rural)(t(118) =2.265,p = .025), single-multiple child (t(118) =1.993, p=.049) and family type (F2, 117=.508,p>.005) of the participants. Keywords: Adolescents, Interpersonal relationships, Behavior and emotional problems, Academic stress, Academic performance. INTRODUCTION Adolescence as a transition phase between childhood to adulthood is the most stressful time for a human being. Adolescent goes through a lot of changes at this time, in terms of both physical and mental. It is the time when they start to explore the world around them, make close peer groups, try new things, make idols, and involve themselves in romantic relationships. ( Noronha, Laveena & Govindaraju, 2016) Relationships of adolescents with parents also go through a lot of changes. These changes can both be positive and negative. Both mother and father need to put an equal amount of time and effort to build a good positive relationship with their children so that they feel comfortable discussing issues from a very early age. (Georgiou & Symeou, 2018) A positive relationship with the parents of an adolescent can give them the confidence, support, and motivation to thrive to be a better person and to do good in their academics as well as in career goals. (Sekaran, Ashok, Kamath, 2020)