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ABSTRACT Statement of the Problem "A descriptive study on perceived stress and resilience among primigravida women residing in selected rural areas of Udupi district, Karnataka." Objectives The objectives of the study are: 1. to assess the perceived level of stress among primigravida women. 2. to determine the perceived level of resilience among primigravida women. 3. to find the association between the perceived level of stress score among primigravida women and their selected demographic variables. 4. to find out the association between the perceived level of resilience score among primigravida women and their selected demographic variables. 5. to find the relationship between the perceived level of stress and perceived level of resilience among primigravida women. Hypothesis: 1. H01: There will be no significant association between the perceived level of stress score among primigravida women and selected demographic variables. 2. H02: There will be no significant association between the perceived level of resilience score among primigravida women and selected demographic variables. 3. H03: There will be no significant relationship between the perceived level of stress and the perceived level of resilience among primigravida women. xii Methods Descriptive survey research design with a descriptive survey approach was used to assess theto identifying the perceived stress and resilience among primigravida women residing in selected rural areas of Udupi district, Karnataka. In the view of nature of the problem and accomplishing the objectives of the study, a structured perceived stress scale standardized by the Connor-Davidson resilience scale was prepared to assess the stress and resilience among primigravida women. The reliability of the tool was tested and validity was ensured in consultation with guides and experts in the field of Nursing and Medicine. The study was conducted inKamath Nursing Home and Lalith Hospital, Udupi district. 120primigravida women were selected by purposive sampling technique. A structured perceived stress scale and a standardized Connor-Davidson resilience scale were used to collect the data. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results Among the 120 primigravida women, the majority of the primigravidawomen 65 (54%) were in the age group of (24 to 29) years. All of the primigravida women120 (100%)were married. The maximum percentage of the primigravida women 78(65%) belong to the Hindu religion. The majority 49 (42%) of the primigravida women were educated up to higher secondary school. With regards to the primigravida women's occupation status73 (61%) were unemployed. Most of 65 (54%) of the primigravida women's husband educational status were diploma. It was observed that the primigravida women's occupation status of husbands 48 (40%) were semi-skilled workers. The majority of the primigravida women 61(51%) resided in urban areas. Regarding the primigravida women type of family 97 (81%) belonged to the nuclear family the highest percentage of primigravida women 55 (46%) had a monthly income below Rs.10000/-.A maximum of 67 (56%) status of pregnancy xiii was planned and 51 (42%) of them were below 20 weeks of period of gestation. A maximum of 23(19%) had gestational diabetes mellitus. The majority 82 (68%) primigravida women perceived adequate social support. None of them had a habit of smoking, but 11 (9%) had a habit of consuming alcohol occasionally. The majority of 108 (90%) primigravida women did not have physical and psychological trauma. None of them had suicidal ideas or attempts. Maximum 101(84%) did not have marital conflict and about 97 (81%) did not have any history of family conflict. The data reveals that three-fourths (74%) of primigravida women exhibited low perceived stress whereas (23%) indicated moderate perceived stress and (3%) high perceived stress. The data revealed that (64%) of primigravida women exhibited high perceived resilience whereas (21%) indicated a normal perceived resilience and (15%) low perceived resilience. The selected variables such as age (x2=1.5873, p=0.452), religion (x2=2.4007, p=0.301), education (x2=2.686, p=0.6115), occupation (x2=1.1574, p=0.7632), educational status of husband (x2=1.8854, p=0.7568), occupation of husband (x2=1.8331, p=0.6077), area of residence (x2=0.449, p=0.502), type of family (x2=2.998, p=0.223), family income (x2=1.8219, p=0.6101), status of pregnancy (x2=0.0283, p=0.8664), period of gestation (x2=3.7868, p=0.1505) and social support (x2=1.1174, p=0.2904), do not have a statistically significant association with perceived stress. Hence, the null hypothesis is accepted for all the variables and the research hypothesis is rejected. Therefore, it is interpreted that the perceived level of stress and demographic variables are independent of each other. The selected variables such as age (x2=3.3682, p=0.18561), religion (x2=1.0227, p=0.5996), education (x2=1.003, p=0.9092), occupation (x2=1.8499, p=0.6041), educational status of husband (x2=8.239, p=0.0832), occupation of husband (x2=1.5992, p=0.6595), area xiv of residence (x2=1.553, p=0.2123), type of family (x2=0.1064, p=0.9481), family income (x2=1.6238, p=0.6540), status of pregnancy (x2=0.0221, p=0.8818), period of gestation (x2=2.8946, p=0.2352) and social support (x2=0.1071, p=0.7434), do not have a statistically significant association with perceived resilience. Hence, the null hypothesis is accepted for all the variables and the research hypothesis is rejected. Therefore, it is interpreted that the perceived level of resilience and demographic variables are independent of each other. The computed value of the Pearson Correlation Coefficient test for the relationship between the perceived level of stress and perceived level of resilience among primigravida women, do not have a statistically significant correlation. Hence, the null hypothesis is accepted the research hypothesis is rejected and it is inferred that there is no significant relationship between perceived level of stress and perceived level of resilience among primigravida women. Interpretation and conclusion This study concludes that there was low perceived stress and high perceived resilience among primigravida women. The demographic variables of primigravida women did not have any significant association between perceived stress and resilience. The correlation between the perceived level of stress resilience among primigravida women does not have a significant correlation.