A STUDY TO IDENTIFYING ANXIETY SOURCES AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Author Name: 1. Mrs. Neeshu Singh Rajawat 2. Dr. Paramjit Bawa 3. Prof. (Dr.) Geeta Chaudhary

Volume/Issue: 04/03

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2023-98814579/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. PhD Scholar, Himalayan University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
2. Research Guide Himalayan University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
3. HOD OBG, S.N College of Nursing (NCT), Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan

ABSTRACT

University students suffer to some levels of study anxiety, such as; have new experiences, environment and situation. Study anxiety is a real phenomenon. Campus environment has universal access to increase study anxiety among students. The incidence of study anxiety has been acknowledged by students and educators. However, no current research exists to identify the study anxiety sources among university students. In this research, we present a survey aimed to identify of study anxiety sources among university students. The survey involves 770 students of University of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The survey asks students about experiences, feelings and thoughts related with anxieties during study process. The results identify seven sources. But, there are five potential sources of study anxiety; exam anxiety, class presentation anxiety, mathematic anxiety, language anxiety and social anxiety. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data which was run in SPSS 16.0. The results will be used to address study anxiety sources among university students.

Key words: Study anxiety sources, University students, Academic performance