2.4. Procedure
The participant’s were selected following multistage cluster sampling method.
Step I: From the list of eleven schools of Pondicherry University, four schools (School of Humanities, School of Social Sciences, School of Physical, Chemical and Applied Science and School of Management) were selected randomly.
Step II: Further from each school, three departments were selected randomly except School of Humanities. From School of Humanities two departments were selected. Thus altogether eleven departments were selected.
Step III: At the time of data collection, researchers invited all students from Semester II and III of the selected departments to participate in the study.