Study of Examination Related Anxiety Levels in First Year Medical Students

Prabha, Vikram; Prakash, Surya; Shankar, Ravi; Itagi, Vijaynath

doi:10.5958/2320-608x.2017.00026.9

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“…These conditions lead to an increased anxiety. A study of medical students has found that 8.67 had mild anxiety, 8.9% were found to have moderate anxiety and 4.4 % had severe anxiety level [4]. Along with the genetic factors [5,6,7,8] the environmental factors like stress and pressures etc.…”

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Effect of SFBT on Anxious Youth

Gupta¹,

Rai²

2019

IJEAT

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Anxiety is a continuous fear of something bad that may happen. It is one of the common problems. Modernization and urbanization along with the nuclearisation of the family system has lead to an increase the anxiety among everybody especially the youth. The emerging youth are the future of the nation and play a vital role in its development. This is the stage which is neither childhood nor adulthood, is apprehensive of the future and has tendency to develop many fears of the unknown. In India there are very less number of psychotherapists available and lot of people with psychological problems like anxiety do not have access to such services. There is a need of short therapy which can help people solve their problems in short time. This paper attempts to summarize the results of research conducted to see the effect of a short therapy like SFBT on anxiety among the emerging youth. The study was designed with an experimental and control group. 5 participants with mild to moderate anxiety received the solution focused therapy and 5 participants with mild to moderate anxiety were re-administered the anxiety inventory after a gap of about one month. The measuring tool for anxiety used for the study was Beck’s Anxiety Inventory. The statistical analysis included t-test of independent sample and repeated measure ANOVA.

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Section: Anxietymentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of SFBT on Anxious Youth

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Rai²

2019

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<p>Test Anxiety and Associated Factors Among First-Year Health Science Students of University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study</p>

Hanfesa

Tilahun

Dessie

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Background The experience of extreme worry and self-doubt before taking a test can drastically hinder an individual’s ability to perform well and may lead to miserable. Studies about test anxiety and associated factors among first-year health science students in Ethiopia are limited. Therefore, this study is meant to provide essential data for future interventions. Objective To assess test anxiety and associated factors among first-year regular undergraduate health science students of the University of Gondar, northwest Ethiopia, 2019. Methods An institutional-based cross-sectional study with a stratified random sampling technique. Test anxiety was assessed using the Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed. A P -value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant in the multivariate analysis, and the strength of association was measured using adjusted odds ratio at a 95% confidence interval. Results In this study, the prevalence of test anxiety was 54.7% (95% CI=49.40–60.20). The result revealed that fathers’ education of grade 9–12 (AOR=0.31, 95% CI=0.14–0.69), mothers’ education of grade 9–12 (AOR=2.43, 95% CI=1.07–5.47), psychological distress (AOR=8.37, 95% CI=4.29–16.39), the field of studies; midwifery (AOR=3.56, 95% CI=1.07–11.76), and medicine (AOR=6.79, 95% CI=1.64–28.22) were significantly associated with test anxiety at a P -value<0.05. Conclusion The study found that test anxiety is a major problem of first-year undergraduate health science students. Mothers’ education of grades 9–12, psychological distress, midwifery, and medical field of studies were risk factors of test anxiety, whereas fathers’ education of grade 9–12 was protective for test anxiety. This showed that an increment in the education of father and mother has a controversial effect on test anxiety. It can be reduced by providing suitable trainings for first-year health science students in dealing with factors causing test anxiety.

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Study of Examination Related Anxiety Levels in First Year Medical Students

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Effect of SFBT on Anxious Youth

Effect of SFBT on Anxious Youth

<p>Test Anxiety and Associated Factors Among First-Year Health Science Students of University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study</p>

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