A Study of Relationship among General Anxiety, Test Anxiety and Academic Achievement of Higher Secondary Students

Abstract

In the present study an attempt was made to find out the relationship between anxiety and academic achievement of Higher secondary school students. This area of research has been of considerable interest to teachers who have observed that some children appear to perform below their best in situations characterized by a high degree of stress. It was expected that students with high anxiety would be more likely to perform less adequately throughout their studies than would non-anxious students. The Higher secondary level is a turning point in the life of the adolescents. The students and their parents take the decisions of their career selection during this transition period. Adolescents of our schools have many disturbing problems that often interfere with their academic achievement. Anxiety and anxiety related problems are very common during adolescence. The investigator randomly selected a total number of 12 schools for the study that included Government, Private aided and Private unaided schools. Sample comprised 180 students for the study. The findings of the study are: 1)There is a positive high correlation between general anxiety and test anxiety. 2) There is a negative low correlation between general anxiety and academic achievement. 3) There is a negative low correlation (-0.222) between test anxiety and academic achievement of higher secondary students.

Key words: General Anxiety, Test Anxiety and Academic Achievement, Higher Secondary students