scholarly journals Library Anxiety Among Marginalized University Students in Northeast India

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Tripti Gogoi ◽  
Mangkhollen Singson ◽  
S. Thiyagarajan
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Specific Effect ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Language Of Instruction ◽  
Library Anxiety ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Instruction Type ◽  
The Difference

Objective – Library anxiety experienced by students has been discussed extensively for many decades. While the phenomenon is widely recognized, little attention has been paid to seeing its specific effect on marginalized sections of the society. The study attempts to understand the library anxiety experienced by students at three different universities in Assam. Assam is the only state in Northeast India to have private, state, and central universities. These universities draw their student populations from several different hill states in Northeast India, all of which face significant socio-political-economic challenges. Methods – A stratified random sample technique was used for the study. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed equally among the three universities in Assam and found 119 questionnaires were fit for analysis. The study adopted the modified and validated version of the Bostick Library Anxiety Scale developed by Anwar, Al-Kandari, and Al-Qallaff (AQAK) in 2004, with 32 item statements and 4 categories. The questionnaire is divided into two parts:  Demographic Variables and the Library Anxiety Scale. The categories used for the study were: Category 1 (Staff Approachability) – 11 statements; Category 2 (Feelings of Inadequacy) – 6 statements); Category 3 (Library Confidence) – 8 statements; and Category 4 (Library Constraints) – 7 statements. Results – The study hypothesized that factors such as gender, the language of instruction, type of university, and caste or community do not influence library anxiety among Northeast India students. However, the study's findings suggest that type of university influences library anxiety among students and its three constructs. Tezpur university students experience a higher level of library anxiety. Although no overall significant difference in the level of library anxiety was observed among students across gender (p=0.278, p> 0.05), the language of instruction (p=0.023, p> 0.05), castes and communities (p=0.223, p> 0.05), there was a significant difference in one construct of library anxiety among students based on gender (feelings of inadequacy), the language of education instruction (staff approachability), caste and community (feelings of inadequacy). Conclusions – Results from the present study provided compelling evidence to suggest that many students, irrespective of their gender, the language of instruction, type of university, discipline, and caste or community experience library anxiety. The difference levels of library anxiety among independent variables indicate a critical lack of information literacy skills. Overall, library anxiety scores among the students were moderate; some categories such as staff approachability, the feeling of inadequacy, and library constraint are the attributes of the students' anxiety. However, the findings of the study also suggest that students are confident in using the library. They are optimistic, enthusiastic, and keen to use library resources. 

scholarly journals Investigation of Social Appearance Anxiety in University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1694-1698
Author(s):  
Semra Cetin ◽  
Cuma Ece
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
University Students ◽  
Art Education ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Weight Category ◽  
Appearance Anxiety ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Social Appearance Anxiety

The aim of this study is to investigate Social Appearance Anxiety in university students according to gender, type of faculty, grade level, body weight and height. The present study was conducted on students of Sakarya University who were between the ages of 17 and 25. 247 of the participants were female and 256 were male. The social appearance anxiety scale filled in by 503 students was evaluated. T-test, one-way analysis of variance and LSD tests were used in statistical operations. In this study, the Social appearance anxiety scale score was found to be slightly lower in women than in men in the comparison made by gender. This difference did not show a statistically significant difference according to gender (p>0.05). The social appearance anxiety score differs statistically significantly according to the type of education and training faculties (p<0.001). Social appearance anxiety changes significantly according to education level (p<0.001). It was found that the students who were satisfied with their body weight and height had lower social appearance anxiety than the students who were not satisfied. Social appearance anxiety varies according to height and body weight category (p<0.001). In conclusion, social appearance anxiety was found to be similar according to gender in this study. It differed according to the field of study of the students. The social appearance anxiety levels of the students receiving sports education are the lowest. Anxiety levels of students who receive art education are higher than those who receive sports education. The social appearance anxiety of the students who did not receive sports and art education is the highest. In order to reduce social appearance anxiety, students should be supported in sports and art education and practice. Keywords: University student, Social Appearance Anxiety, Sports, Education, Age and Height

scholarly journals Hearing Imparied Students’ Attitudes Towards Physical Education and Sports

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
İbrahim Dalbudak ◽  
ŞıhMehmet Yiğit
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Disability Status ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Sports Activities

In this study, it was aimed to determine the attitudes and opinions of hearing impaired primary school, high school, and university students towards physical education and sports lesson according to various variables.To the study, a total of 136 students (50 females and 86 males) with hearing-impairment, who are participating physical education and sports lesson in provinces of İzmir and Muğla between 2017-2018 education year, voluntarily participated.In the study, 2-part questionnaires were applied to the students. In the first part demographic features, and in the second part “Physical Education and Sports Attitude Scale” consisting of 12 positive and 12 negative items, a total of 24, which was developed by Demirhan and Altay (2001) to measure the attitudes of the students, were used. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was calculated as 0.93; and validity coefficient of the scale as 0.83. In the analysis of the data; frequency, and percentage distributions were used and the relationship between physical education and sports attitude scores were analyzed with correlation analysis. The t-test was used to determine the difference according to gender, sporting status, and disability status in the analyses about physical education and sports attitude scores. Besides, one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) was used to determine the difference according to educational status, branches of sports, and level of income.  The obtained data was recorded by using a programme called SPSS 22.00 in silico.In this study, attitude scale scores of the physical education and sports showed a significant difference according to gender (p<0,05). Males showed a better attitude than females. It does not show a difference according to education status (p>,05). The average scores of the primary school, high school, and university students were close to each other. It showed a difference according to hearing impaired students’ sporting status (p>,05). No significant difference was found according to students’ branches of sports (p>,05). There was no significant difference according to doing individual and team sports. It was stated that there was a significant difference according to students’ level of income (p<0,05); it showed that there was a significant difference between 500-1000 and 1000-2000, and 500-1000 and over 2000. No significant difference was found according to students’ disability status (p>,05). It shows difference according to students’ having congenital or afterward disability.According to the results of the study the participation of hearing-impaired students in physical education and sports activities; show that they qualify their leisure time doing sports and exercises, physical education and sports will provide significant benefits in my life. Allocating an important time to physical education and sports activities, they create awareness in the community, representing their country in Paralympic games show that they show a positive attitude towards physical education and sports.

scholarly journals STUDENTS ATTITUDES TOWARD BLENDED TEACHING AMONG STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (07) ◽  
pp. 267-274
Author(s):  
Md. Mahasin Ali ◽  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
Blended Teaching

The subject of my research is to investigate the students attitudes towards blended teaching among students of the University of Calcutta. The three purposes for which I have studied are –1.To study the attitude of Calcutta University students towards Blended Teaching. 2. To study the difference in attitude of Calcutta University students towards Blended Teaching with regard to gender. 3.To study the difference in attitude of Calcutta University students towards Blended Teaching with regard to locality. The quantitative research method has been used for the study. The results I obtained through the self- constructed attitude scale are –There is no significant difference in attitude towards Blended Teaching between male and female students of Calcutta University. And there is no significant difference in attitude towards Blended Teaching between rural and urban students of Calcutta University.Most of the students think that the Blended Teaching method can be acceptable to the students of College and University. Most of the students think that it will be benefited to the students if some syllabus is taught in Online Mode and some is taught in Offline Mode. Most of the students think that the students will be benefited by Blended Teaching method. Most of the students think that Blended Teaching method will benefit the teachers in teaching. Most of the students think that Blended Teaching will improve the learning of the students. Most of the students think that the Blended Teaching method will make the learning environment and teaching more flexible. Some students think that many students will face with difficulties in Blended Teaching. Some students think that only the Offline Teaching is more effective than Blended Teaching in Higher Education.

A Study to Measure Job Satisfaction Among Academicians Using Herzberg’s Theory in the Context of Northeast India

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-218
Author(s):  
Monu Singh ◽  
Abhigyan Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Home Town ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Hygiene Factors ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Herzberg's Theory

The study aims to test the significance of Herzberg’s theory in the field of academics. The study also aims to measure the differences in the satisfaction levels of academicians towards their job on the basis of the location of their home town, that is, from Northeast and other parts of the country. The study is primary in nature and data have been collected with the help of a self-developed questionnaire. The sample units consisted of 478 academicians estimating around 30 per cent of the total academicians working in the central universities of Northeast India. Researchers have used multiple regression analysis, step-wise regression analysis and t-test in the study. It was found from the study that Herzberg’s two-factor theory can be successfully applied to the academics’ job satisfaction. Both the motivation and hygiene factors have been found to be positively and significantly related to job satisfaction. It has been found from the study that there is a significant difference in the satisfaction level of academicians towards the motivation and hygiene factors of job satisfaction due to the difference in their home town. Academicians whose home town is in the Northeast are found to be highly satisfied towards the motivation and hygiene factors than the academicians whose home town is in other parts of the country.

Mental Health and Empathy: Do Nursing Students Have Better Attitudes to Psychiatric Patients?

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S520-S520
Author(s):  
M. Pascucci ◽  
F. Capobianco ◽  
M. La Montagna ◽  
E. Stella ◽  
A. Ventriglio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
General Population ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes

BackgroundStigma towards mental illness has a major impact on the quality of life and the health care of psychiatric patients. Several studies have reported that health professionals have more negative attitudes than general population.AimsTo explore empathy and attitudes towards mental illness in nursing students (NS) and non-health university students. Our purpose is to see how NS have more empathic and less stigmatizing attitudes towards psychiatric patients, compared to other university students.MethodsWe tested 96 university students (50 NS and 46 non-health university students), with the following questionnaires anonymously filled out:– Community attitudes towards mental ill (CAMI), to evaluate the different students’ attitudes towards mental illness;– Empathy quotient (EQ), to assess empathy.ResultsNS differs from the other group in 5 items of CAMI (P < 0.05 in 3 items and P < 0.01 in 2 items), and Authoritarianism subscale (P = 0.023). This shows that NS have a greater general awareness and less stigmatizing attitudes about the need to hospitalize the mentally ill, the difference between psychiatric patients and general population, the wrong need of segregation and the real causes of mental illness. There is also a significant difference in EQ (items 6, 21, 25, 44, 59): future nurses seem to have a slightly higher empathy, even though the EQ total score does not differ in the two groups.ConclusionsThese results suggest that there is a difference with respect to the attitudes towards psychiatric patients in NS and students who do not follow health-care courses: NS have more empathetic and less stigmatizing attitudes.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Research on General Self-Efficacy and Test Anxiety of Normal University Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Tang ◽  
Qingmin Sun
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Normal University ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
General Self Efficacy

<p><em>The general self-efficacy scale and test anxiety scale are utilized for the questionnaire survey among 188 normal university students. The relationship between their general self-efficacy and test anxiety, the difference of general self-efficacy in gender and major, and difference of test anxiety in gender and major are discussed. The results indicate that there is a significant negative correlation between general self-efficacy and test anxiety of normal college students; there is a significant difference in gender and major for general self-efficacy; there is no significant difference in gender but in major for test anxiety.</em></p>

scholarly journals The Investigation of Communication Skills of Students at Different Departments at a State University in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meryem ALTUN ◽  
Necmettin KÜRTÜL ◽  
Merve SOYCAN
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Art Music ◽  
State University ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference

The main purpose of this study was to investigate communication skills of students studying at different departments at a state university. The survey model was used in the study. The data were collected by the Effective Communication Skills Scale developed by Buluş et al., (2017).The sample of the study consists of 277 university students studying in different departments.  According to the results of the research; it was found that there was a significant difference between gender variable and active participative listening and empathy subscale. Moreover, it was seen that this difference was in favor of women in both sub-scales. Considering the differences in terms of groups, it was found that the difference was determined among the departments of coaching, art, music and Teaching Physical Education and Sports, which was in favor of the department of coaching. In the literature, the communication skills could be higher in departments of art, music and Teaching Physical Education and Sports. The results obtained in the current study were contradictory to the above mentioned statement. It can be concluded that during the coaching practices, the coaches interact with sportsmen and other individuals as well as the courses they take during their education are the reasons why they have high communication skills than other departments.

scholarly journals A Comparison of Locus of control and General English Achievement in Students of Medicine and Theology

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyyed Ehsan Golparvar
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Control Orientation ◽  
English Achievement ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Successes And Failures

Locus of control refers to individuals’ orientation to attribute their successes and failures. Its effect on students’ academic achievement has scarcely been investigated within General English context. This study is aimed at exploring the difference in General English (GE) achievement between students of Medicine and Theology. It also examines the effect of locus of control (LOC) on GE achievement in these two groups of university students. University students’ General English scores serve as criteria for General English achievement. Fifty students of Medicine and fifty students of Theology participated in this study. The results of the study indicate that: (1) there is a significantly positive association between university students’ LOC and their GE achievement, (2) there is a significant difference in GE achievement between students of Medicine and Theology, and (3) there is a significant difference in LOC orientation between these two groups of university students. The results of the interviews conducted with the participants were also in line with those of the questionnaires. The findings of this study suggest that developing internal control orientation can be very constructive in getting better grades in GE courses.

scholarly journals A Study of Death Anxiety among Pre and Post Operated Cancer Patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajendra Patel ◽  
Dr. Pankaj Suvera
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Wide Difference ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference

The present research work aimed at finding out the difference between pre and post cancer patients on Death anxiety. For this purpose a total sample of 200 cancer patients. Among them 100 pre and 100 post operated cancer patients. Data was collected by using Death anxiety scale developed by Templer’s [1970]. Results were analyzed by using F- ANOVA and t. Results revealed that there is no significant difference between pre and post operated cancer patient on death anxiety. There is wide difference between mean of male and female on their death anxiety.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN MEDIA KOMIK TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN LITERASI SAINS PESERTA DIDIK

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-204
Author(s):  
Ina Marlina ◽  
Usep Soepudin ◽  
Nyimas Ayu Ratna Gumilar
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Moderate Increase ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Class Iv

This study aims to determine the effect of comic media on the scientific literacy skills of students in class IV and to determine the response of students to the use of comic media in classroom learning. The method used in this study is a quasi-experimental method. The research design used was the Nonequivalent Groups Pretest-Posttest Design. The research design consisted of two groups (control class and experimental class), each of which was given a pretest and posttest. The population in this study were students at SD Negeri Cilaja and SD Negeri Ligarmanah, while the sample was taken from two groups, namely class IV SD Negeri Cilaja as the experimental group and class IV SD Negeri Ligarmanah as the control class. Data collection was obtained through description questions in the form of pretest and posttest, as well as statements in the form of a Likert scale questionnaire. The data analysis technique used was quantitative data using Minitab 18.0 software for Windows and Microsoft Excel. In the results of this study, there were changes in the pretest and posttest scores of the experimental class that had increased, at the pretest the mean score of students was 27.75, while in the posttest the average score of students was 40.15. Whereas in the control class the average score of the posttest students was only 34.45. This is reinforced by the results of the N-Gain calculation from the experimental class and the control class which show that the average increase in the experimental class and the control class has a different increase. The experimental class who received learning using comic media had an increase of 38.8% with a moderate increase category. Meanwhile, the control class who received regular learning had an increase of 20.6% with a low increase category. The questionnaire data analysis showed that students gave a positive response to science learning using comic media with an average score of 3.80. In the test results of the difference between the two mean posttest data using the Two Sample T 'test, there is a significant difference between the experimental class and the control class with a significant level of <0.05, it can be concluded that there is an effect of comic media on the scientific literacy abilities of class students. Experiments using comic media have a significantly higher increase compared to the control class with ordinary learning.

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