EFL thesis writing anxiety: Causes, effects, and coping strategies

Abstract

This present study explores how thesis writing anxiety causes delay in thesis writing completion along with its coping strategies. It adopted narrative inquiry as the research method. The participant was one former student of English education graduate program at a state university in Central Java, Indonesia. Data were garnered through semi-structured interviews. The data were then analyzed by employing thematic analysis. The results suggest that thesis writing anxiety was caused by family and financial problems, full-time working duties and poor time management, as well as unpleasant administrative staff services. Thesis writing anxiety empirically affected thesis writing completion in terms of thesis writing procrastination as well as lack of confidence and feeling worried of making mistakes. Successful coping strategies include identifying problems and seeking solutions, establishing mutual communication with thesis supervisors and workplace stakeholders, as well as maintaining self-motivation. Practical implications and suggestions for further studies are also discussed.DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v7i2.8004

Thesis writing anxiety among Polish translation students: Findings from a survey study

“…Interestingly, the students did not express anxiety about the evaluations and comments given by their supervisors or their classmates, acknowledging and accepting constructive criticism while ignoring negative comments. Kurniawati and Atmojo (2022) conducted semi-structured interviews with an English education graduate to investigate the link between thesis-related anxiety and delay in thesis completion. They found that factors causing thesis writing anxiety included family and financial problems, work commitments, and unpleasant administrative services.…”