Unforgiving Confucian culture: A breeding ground for high academic achievement, test anxiety and self-doubt?

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 555-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lazar Stankov
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Breeding Ground ◽  
Confucian Culture ◽  
High Academic Achievement

Test Anxiety and Academic Achievement among South African University Students

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1593-1594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuntufye S. Mwamwenda
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
University Students ◽  
South African ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Academic Tasks

Although studies in Western and a few developing countries have indicated students with low scores on test anxiety tend to perform better on academic tasks than those who score higher on test anxiety, at this South African university no statistically significant mean difference on a test in educational psychology was noted for 121 students who scored high on the Anxiety Achievement Test and those 117 who scored low.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Rational Behavioral Emotive Program in Reducing Test Anxiety among University Students with High Academic Achievement

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Najla Y. AlAmry
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
High Academic Achievement ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study aims to identify the effectiveness of a rational behavioral emotive program in reducing test anxiety among university students with high academic achievement in Riyadh. The author adopted the quasi-experimental approach. The sample comprised (26) students with high academic achievement who were encountering test anxiety at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) in Riyadh. The participants were divided into two groups: An experimental group of (13) students and a control group of (13) students. The author also used the test anxiety scale (Spielberger, 1972) and designed the rational behavioral emotive program using new electronic applications. The results showed statistically significant differences between the average scores of the experimental group students in the pre and posttests in favor of the post-test. There were statistically significant differences between the average scores of the two groups in the post-test of the scale in favor of the experimental group. Furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences between the average scores of the experimental group in the post and successive tests of the scale.

THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY CORRELATES IN ALLEVIATING STRESS ENCOUNTERED BY STUDENTS OF STANDARD X

2016 ◽  
pp. 34-49
Author(s):  
Giselle D' Souza
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Purpose Of Education ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Different Dimensions

Test anxiety and distress occupy pivotal positions in students' lives today, because of over emphasis on academic achievement in the modern educational system. The need for high performance in examinations has defeated the very purpose of education. The SSC examination has come to be an exhaustive exercise that makes the students learn by rote rather than comprehension. There are a few who feel completely trapped in their situation and indulge in self-destructive acts like suicide. The present research study attempted at understanding the likely role of personality correlates namely, academic self-concept, self-efficacy and locus of control in alleviating the different dimensions of stress encountered by students of standard X. It revealed a significant relationship between stress and the mentioned variables and could have important implications in helping students of standard X come to terms with their invaluable self-worth in effectively coping with the evil of the present century -stress.

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