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In the present study Researcher tried to Study the Academic Anxiety of Secondary School Students. Purposive sampling technique was used for selecting the School and Students were selected by stratified random sampling technique. The total sample was that of 400 students. Researcher used Survey Research method. The collected data were analyzed by using the statistical technique of t-test and Percentage. Results Shows that 18.5% of students had low academic anxiety, 75% of students had average academic anxiety and about 6.5% of students had high academic anxiety. Female students were more academic anxious than male students. Boys of government schools had more academic anxiety than boys of private schools. Girls of private schools had more academic anxiety than girls of government schools.
Keywords: Anxiety, academic anxiety
Adolescence is a period of internal conflict, psychic disequilibrium and erratic behavior. Adolescents often lack in academic motivation and performance, as their attention is divided among a lot many things especially at creating an identity for themselves. Anxiety is one of the most studied phenomenons in psychology. It is normal human response to stress. The concept of anxiety is differentiated from fear as it is a normal human response to stress. Anxiety is a mental feeling of uneasiness or distress in reaction to a situation that is perceived negatively. Academic anxiety is a kind of anxiety which relates to the impending danger from the environments of the academic institutions including teacher and certain subjects like Mathematics, Science and English etc.
Academic anxiety is not a bad thing. It is true that a high level of anxiety interferes with concentration and memory which are critical for academic success, however, without any anxiety, most of us would lack the motivation to study for exams, write papers or do daily homework. In our society academic achievement is considered as a key criterion to judge one's total potentialities and capacities. Hence academic achievement occupies a very important place in education as well as in the learning process.
If academic anxiety is not properly addressed, it can have many serious and long lasting consequences such as causing a student to procrastinate, perform poorly on school work, fail classes and withdraw from socializing with peers or pursuing activities that interest him.
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