Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 359-363
Evaluation of Exam Anxiety among Health Science Students
Manisha M1, Pavithra V1, Suganya M1, Arun B2
1Asst Professor, KG College of Physiotherapy (Affiliated to The TN Dr MGR Medical University), KG Hospital & PG Medical Institute, Coimbatore. Tamil Nadu, India
2Professor, KG College of Physiotherapy (Affiliated to The TN Dr MGR Medical University), KG Hospital & PG Medical Institute, Coimbatore. Tamil Nadu, India.
Corresponding Author: Pavithra V
ABSTRACT
Stress because of exams cause exam anxiety, experiencing too much of the anxiety which can result in emotional and physical distress. Exam anxiety leads to cognitive symptoms like racing thoughts, fear, going blank and difficulty in bringing out the memorized contents. Studies have found that there is evidence on the emotional distress in college students. The aim of the study is to evaluate the level of exam anxiety among health science students. Descriptive study design with 137 anxiety questionnaires was collected from the health science students and their data’s were analyzed using SPSS 20.1. The analysis has shown that prior to the examination there was anxiety found in the all the students and mostly there were moderate level to high level found in addition few of the students are having low level of anxiety. The analysis showed that 29.03 ± 6.023 for the final year, 27.062 ± 6.095 for third year, 27.277 ± 6.12 for second year and 24.5 ± 5.995 for first year. Increased amount of anxiety was found in the final year students when compared with the first year students. This study concludes that prior to the examination all the students are having exam anxiety and when compared year wise the study identifies that final year students are having more anxiety levels when compared with the other year students.
Key words: Exam anxiety, Anxiety Questionnaire, Health science students, High scores, moderate scores, Students.
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