Research Article | Open Access
PERCEIVED STRESS, TEST ANXIETY AND SELF EFFICACY: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY
Dr.Nisha Chhabra
Pages: 1801-1807
Abstract
The aim of the study was to explore the relationship among stress test anxiety and self-efficacy experienced by college students. Perceived stress and test anxiety are commonly found in students all over the world. To conduct the study a sample of hundred (N=100, male =50, female=50) college students of Amritsar city were selected and the age of subjects ranged between 20 to 24 years. Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, (1980) was used to assess perceived stress, Test Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, 1980) was used to assess test anxiety and Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Muris, 2001) was used to assess self-efficacy. Pearson product moment correlation was used to calculate the degree of relationship among afore mentioned variables. Results obtained indicated that there is significant positive correlation between perceived stress and test anxiety, significant negative correlation between perceived stress and self-efficacy, and significant negative correlation between test anxiety and self-efficacy.
Keywords
Perceived Stress, Test Anxiety, Correlation, Self-efficacy