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Causes Of Academic Anxiety Among Tertiary Institution Students
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN METROPOLIS OF KWARA STATE] -
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Operational Definition of Terms
The following terms were operationally defined as used in this study to aid understanding.
Anxiety: A painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind usually over an impending or anticipated ill, an as normal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by doubt concerning the reality and nature of threat and by self-doubt about one’s capacity with it.
Academic related anxiety: Anxiety generated by situations of apprehension during individual academic pursuit in which anxiety is provoked.
Causes of anxiety: These are activities or circumstances such as threat, physical stress, emotional stress, fatigue, overworking and grief which generates among students of tertiary institution.
Tertiary Institution: Are post-secondary educational establishments where higher degrees or education or learning is effected.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT Anxiety is a state of emotional or physical disturbances induced in a person by a real or imagined threat. It is a state of tension, uneasiness, worry or apprehension about what has happened and or will happen. Anxiety is characterized by feeling of frustration, anger, rejection, sadness, despair, hate, depression, confusion, worthlessness and dilusionent. The total of three hundred (300) respondents would be selected from the institution to participate in the study. Instrum ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIX University of Ilorin Institute of EducationFaculty of Education Department of Counsellor EducationCauses of Academic Related Anxiety Questionnaire (CARAQ)Dear Respondents, This information gathered will be used purely for research purposes. Please kindly respond objectively to the items in the questionnaire. The information supplied will be treated with utmost confidentiality. Thus, you do not need to write your name. Thank for your cooperation. SECTION A: (PERSONAL INFORMATION)Instru ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Distribution of respondents based on Gender Table 2: Distribution of respondents’ based on institution Table 3: Distribution of respondents based on marital status Table 4: Distribution of respondents based on age Table 5: Distribution of respondents based on mode of residence Table 6: Distribution of Respondents based on Religion Table 7: Mean and Rank order of respondents on the causes of academic related Anxiety Tabl ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page Approval Dedication Acknowledgements Abstract Table of Contents List of Tables CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Statement of the problem Research questions Research Hypotheses Purpose of the study Significance of the Study Scope of the Study Operational Definition of Terms CHAPTER TWOREVIEW OF THE LITERATURE REVIEWEDIntroduction Nature and meaning of anxiety Concept of Academic Anxiety Theories of Anxiety Types of Anxiety ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 10 ]Uncertainty has been observed as one of the causes of anxiety, Ashaolu (2001), when one did not know what is expected, not knowing the best course of action to make, not knowing what will happen and when there is uncertainty about one’s education in studies. The environment has been observed to elicit of the environment is perceived as threatening thus the weather, heat, can arouse anxiety. Hilgard and Alkinson (1995) observed that a noisy environment could arouse anxiety. They mai ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Psychometric properties of the Instrument Reliability of the Instrument Best (1981) described reliability as the consistency demonstrated in a test score over a period of time. Reliability of a test is therefore, the degree or precision and consistency to which an instrument measures a construct. Oladunni (1996) described reliability as consistency of a measurement of an instrument over a period of time. A reliable instrument measures consistently a testee’s performance under varyi ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 9 ]Hypothesis ThreeThere is no significant difference in the causes of academic related anxiety employed by students of tertiary institution in Kwara State on the basis of age. Table 10 reveals that the calculated t-value is .59 while the critical t-value is 1.96. Since the critical t-value of 1.96 is greater than the calculated t-value of .59 at 0.05 alpha level of significance the null hypothesis is accepted. Thus, there is no significance difference in the causes of academic related anxiety amon ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Thus, age does not significantly affect the causes of academic related anxiety among students of tertiary institutions. Thus, age does not significantly affect the causes of academic related anxiety among students of tertiary institutions. Hypothesis five stated that there is no significant difference in the causes of academic related anxiety among students of tertiary institutions on the basis of mode of residence. The hypothesis was accepted. By implication, students mode ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]REFERENCESAbdel-Khalek, A.M. & Alansari, A.M. (1998). Optimism and pessimism: An Arabic study of personality. International Journal of Psychology 1(131-152). Abdel-Khalek, A.M. (1998). Optimism and physical health: A factorial study. Journal of the Social Sciences 26(2). Abdulatif, H. and Hamada, L. (1998). Optimism and pessimism. Their relationship with the two dimensions of personality, extraversion and neurotism. Journal of the social science. 26(1). Abiri, A. and Daramola, S. (1991). Researc ... Continue reading---
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT Anxiety is a state of emotional or physical disturbances induced in a person by a real or imagined threat. It is a state of tension, uneasiness, worry or apprehension about what has happened and or will happen. Anxiety is characterized by feeling of frustration, anger, rejection, sadness, despair, hate, depression, confusion, worthlessness and dilusionent. The total of three hundred (300) respondents would be selected from the institution to participate in the study. Instrum ... Continue reading---