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Exam anxiety in connection with life orientation in upper secondary education students

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Background: Exam anxiety is beginning to affect an increasing number of students.Aim: We sought to examine whether there is an association between exam anxiety and life orientation in secondary school learners.Methods: We used the Suinn’s Test Anxiety Behavior Scale questionnaire to assess exam anxiety and the Life Orientation Test—Revised questionnaire to determine students’ life orientation.Findings: Results revealed that the participants experienced a level of exam stress that could motivate them and prepare them for the evaluation situation. Female and secondary grammar school students had more exam anxiety than males and business school students. There was a moderate relationship between exam anxiety and life orientation, which was slightly pessimistic.Conclusion: A pessimistic or optimistic life orientation is one of the factors that may influence exam anxiety levels of secondary school learners.

Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2024.2393839

Authors: Michaela Gajdošová, Zuzana Haláková, Romana Adámková, Milan Kubiatko

Institutions: Comenius University Bratislava, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

Language: English

Topic: Student Stress and Coping

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Agentúra Ministerstva Školstva, Vedy, Výskumu a Športu SR