Test Anxiety Levels of Board Exam Going Students in Tamil Nadu, India

Mary, Revina Ann; Marslin, Gregory; Franklin, Gregory; Sheeba, Caroline J.

doi:10.1155/2014/578323

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“…In addition, we went for exploring possible correlation between exam anxiety status and students' level of depression. We found that majority of students have moderate to high test anxiety, while moderates to sever depression was present among more than 50% of the students.These findings are in line with similar results from similar studies [24, 25]. Students' high level of exam anxiety or depression are attributable to many factors: the third year of secondary education in Sudan is the determining year of students' future career path; students perceive this year as very important determinant of their future life opportunities.Other factors of parental and teacher expectations, latent academic and personal disabilities, perceived pressers of community expectations and fear of not meeting self-expectations are also Of remarkable probability in causing such high levels of exam anxiety and depression among students [26-28].…”

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Predictors and correlates of examination anxiety and depression among high school students taking the Sudanese national board examination in Khartoum state, Sudan: a cross-sectional study

Bashir¹,

Albadawy²,

Cumber³

2019

Pan Afr Med J

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Introduction Test anxiety and depression are of the major challenges experienced in students' life, considering the inverse associations they have on their mental wellbeing and academic performance. Evidence from Sudan have reported high figures of adolescent's mental health problems of depression and anxiety. However, studies investigating its association with academic exam stress are lacking. We investigated the prevalence of exam anxiety and depression severity among student setting for Sudan national boarding examination, aiming at identifying possible predictors related to student's socio-demographic and academic status and measuring correlation between exam anxiety and depression severity status among students. Methods Using cross-sectional design, data obtained using standardized west side anxiety scale for measuring test anxiety; and patient's health questionnaire (PHQ9) of nine items for measuring depression was presented in percentages. Association with sociodemographic and academic factors was measured using logistic regression models. Analysis was run at 0.05 level of significance. Results Depression and exam anxiety were found to be highly correlated. The highest fractions of students are those with high levels of test anxiety and moderate to severe depression. Gender, maternal level of education, previous exam experience and academic performance are significant predictor for student's exam anxiety status. Conclusion High figures of exam anxiety and depression are there among Sudanese students setting for their third years boarding exam. Males, low academic performance and maternal low education are risk factors. School mental health services and programs addressing such group of students are highly demanded in line with more elaborative research efforts in this arena.

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Predictors and correlates of examination anxiety and depression among high school students taking the Sudanese national board examination in Khartoum state, Sudan: a cross-sectional study

Bashir¹,

Albadawy²,

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2019

Pan Afr Med J

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“…The constructed Examination Anxiety Scale (EAS) efficiently assesses the examination anxiety of adolescent students because it has high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha correlation coefficient 0.764), high test-retest reliability (0.801) and excellent split-half reliability (0.767) In this study, the norms show that 16% of students belong to the high examination anxiety group, 66% of students in the average examination anxiety group, and 18 % in the low examination anxiety group. This result stands nearly similar to the findings of Mary et al (2014). In their study, they found that 8% of students remain in the high examination anxiety category, 74 % of students remain in the average examination anxiety category, and 18 % of students in the low examination anxiety category.…”

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Construction and Standardization of Examination Anxiety Scale for Adolescent Students

Abbasi¹,

Ghosh

2020

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education

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This research paper describes the method of construction and standardization of a tool to measure examination anxiety of adolescent students. 2030 students belonging to the age group of 13-15 years from 19 schools under West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, participated in this research. The first draft of examination anxiety scale consisted 40 items. After reviewing the items and item analysis, the number of items were reduced to 38. EFA was carried out on obtained data. EFA revealed that total 21 items having factor loading greater than .40, are selected. They distributed under four factors such as, Bodily symptoms, Cognitive, Emotional reaction and behavioural reaction. CFA was executed on another sample group, consisted of 402 number of adolescent students of age group13-15. CFA results also supported the results of EFA. All the goodness of fit indices showed that the model is a good fit model. For concurrent validity, Examination Anxiety Scale made by researcher and Test Anxiety Inventory by Spielberger were administered on the same occasion on 110 school students of the age group13-15. Coefficient of correlation of two scales was estimated. The validity of Examination anxiety Scale is 0.71. The reliability coefficient of the examination anxiety scale using test-retest, split half and Cronbach's alpha methods were 0.801, 0.767, 0.764 respectively. Norms show that 16 percent of the students belong to the high examination anxiety group, 66 percent of the students in average examination anxiety group and 18 percent in low examination anxiety group.

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“…Media houses would be aware that reports on such deaths would resonate strongly with readers. Student suicides are a major and topical policy issue in India, frequently located within discussions around the fierce competition for student places and an accompanying intensity of exam pressure 31. Reporting on this issue will likely be of great interest to parents, who may carry a level of fear around this happening to their own children.…”

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Mass media representation of suicide in a high suicide state in India: an epidemiological comparison with suicide deaths in the population

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ObjectivesSuicide rates in India are among the highest in the world, equating to over 200 000 suicides annually. Reports of suicides are a routine feature in major newspapers in India, and reporters may selectively present ‘newsworthy’ suicide stories. The aim of this paper was to systematically investigate whether mass media reports of suicides reflect the epidemiological data on suicide in a high suicide state in India.DesignWe undertook a content analysis study to extract sociodemographic data on suicides reported among nine of the most highly read daily newspapers in the high suicide southern state of Tamil Nadu between June and December 2016. A total of 1258 newspaper articles were retrieved containing reports on 1631 suicides. Two-tailed binomial tests on aggregate frequencies assessed whether the sociodemographic characteristics of suicides in the newspaper articles were different to the population suicide statistics for Tamil Nadu.ResultsWe identified some statistically significant discrepancies between suicide characteristics in the population and the media. Suicides involving females (p<0.001), those aged under 30 years (p<0.001), separated or widowed males (p<0.001), unmarried females (p<0.001), those using methods with a higher case fatality rate (ie, hanging (p<0.001), jumping off high structures (p<0.001) and coming under vehicles (p<0.001) and those who were students (p<0.001) or working in the agricultural sector (p<0.001) were significantly over-reported relative to their occurrence in the broader population. Suicides involving men (p<0.001), those aged over 30 years and above (p<0.001), those who were married and suicides by poisoning (p<0.001) were significantly under-reported relative to their occurrence in the broader population.ConclusionsThe suicide characteristics in the print media were not entirely representative of suicides in the broader Tamil Nadu population, which may lead the general public to develop misunderstandings about suicide in their state. The discrepancies we identified will inform tailored suicide prevention education for media professionals.

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Test Anxiety Levels of Board Exam Going Students in Tamil Nadu, India

Cited by 20 publications

References 15 publications

Predictors and correlates of examination anxiety and depression among high school students taking the Sudanese national board examination in Khartoum state, Sudan: a cross-sectional study

Predictors and correlates of examination anxiety and depression among high school students taking the Sudanese national board examination in Khartoum state, Sudan: a cross-sectional study

Construction and Standardization of Examination Anxiety Scale for Adolescent Students

Mass media representation of suicide in a high suicide state in India: an epidemiological comparison with suicide deaths in the population

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