A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF EXAM ANXIETY AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDRENS, POONAMALEE

Ms. JANANI PREETHA.T; Mrs. SUJITHRA.S.

Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2015

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF EXAM ANXIETY AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDRENS, POONAMALEE

Ms. Janani Preetha. T, Mrs. Sujithra. S.

Abstract :

BACKGROUND: Anxiety is an emotional and behavioural disorder caused by the activation of sympathetic nervous system. In the domain of education, high level of anxiety is often experienced by students during performance related activities such as exams.AIM: The aim of the study is to assess the level of exam anxiety among higher secondary school childrens. OBJECTIVE: Is to assess the level of exam anxiety among selected higher secondary school children, Chennai. And to associate the level of exam anxiety with the selected demographic variables among students. METHODOLOGY: A total of thirty students were selected by probability sampling technique and students were made to fill the exam anxiety inventory scale to assess their exam anxiety level. Data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. .RESULT: out of thirty samples 9(30%) were mild exam anxiety,15(50%) were moderate exam anxiety and 6(20%) were severe exam anxiety. The mean value is 49.6 with 7.42 S.D. The association of selected demographic variables with the level of exam anxiety among higher secondary school childrens was not stastistically significant at the level of P< 0.05.