STUDY ON ANXIETY LEVEL AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS UNDERGOING HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION

G. Natarajan

Abstract


Today anxiety is a common phenomenon of everyday life. It plays a crucial role in human life because all of us are victim of anxiety in different ways (Goodstein and Lanyon, 1975). The aim of this study was to assess the stress level of academic among the higher secondary school students. Sampling technique that was used for the selection of the sample in this case was convenience sampling based on inclusion and exclusion criteria with the sample size was 150. The research instruments are questionnaire method.
Collected data were statistically analyzed through descriptive statistics and inferential statistics and also findings could be useful for the students to know their level of anxiety and they can take up necessary and sufficient practices to reduce their anxiety.

Keywords


Academic anxiety, higher secondary school.

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