The relationship between test anxiety and academic achievement in students of guidance schools in Zahedan in 2006

Kobra Lashkaripour; Noor mohammad Bakhshani; MJ Solaimani

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The relationship between test anxiety and academic achievement in students of guidance schools in Zahedan in 2006

Author(s):

Kobra Lashkaripour^1,*,

Noor mohammad Bakhshani¹,

MJ Solaimani²

1Psychiatric & psychology Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.

2General practitioner.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 8, issue 4; e94880

Published online:Nov 25, 2006

Article type:Research Article

Received:Nov 05, 2006

Accepted:Nov 15, 2006

How to Cite:Kobra LashkaripourNoor mohammad BakhshaniMJ SolaimaniThe relationship between test anxiety and academic achievement in students of guidance schools in Zahedan in 2006.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.8(4):e94880.

Abstract

Background: Children and adolescents have a great experience of anxiety. Sometimes these
anxieties have such an intensity that may affect their daily life and education negatively. One of
these anxieties is test anxiety. Most of researches have reported a strong relationship between test
anxiety and academic achievement, whereas earlier investigators found a smaller relationship
between these variables. In this study the prevalence of test anxiety and its relationship with
educational achievement was investigated.
Method and materials: This investigation is a descriptive – analytic study and was done on
guidance school students in Zahedan. From Nine schools (5 girl’s and 4 boy’s) 935 students were
selected randomly. Data gathering tools were Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire (TAQ) and
demographic features questionnaire and students, average score was also accounted. For analysis
of Data, correlation coefficient, T- test and X2 test were used.
Results: Total population was 935(540 girls and 395 boys) students, of whom. 400 students
(42.78%) had test anxiety. The results of this study showed that, test anxiety occurs in girls more
than boys and this difference was significant (P < 0.01, X2 = 18). Also the average of test anxiety
score among girls was higher. A reverse ratio was observed between test anxiety and academic
achievement (P = 0.003, r = -0.13).
Conclusion: The last matter is that educational achievements and test anxiety level have a
reverse ratio. It means that as test anxiety level increases, educational achievement decreases and
vice-versa.

Keywords

test anxiety

educational achievement or function

guidance

student

zahedan

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