Efficacy of Training Workshops on Perceived Academic Stress and Test Anxiety: A Post-Pandemic Study on Adolescents
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https://doi.org/10.47941/japsy.2919Keywords:
Adolescents, Experimental Design, Post-Pandemic, Test AnxietyAbstract
Purpose: The study investigated the post-pandemic effectiveness of training workshops on the levels of perceived academic stress and test anxiety and to understand the relationship between test anxiety and perceived academic stress.
Methodology: A pre-post experimental design was used in the study. 145 students (males = 55, females= 90), aged 13-19 years from secondary school, were divided into four groups, and each group was given two days of training workshops separately. Perceived Academic Stress Scale and Westside Test Anxiety Scale were used.
Findings: The results obtained by SPSS 22, indicated a moderate positive correlation between perceived academic stress and test anxiety (p-value < 0.01).
Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: The study opened doors in our culture where educational institutes can take more initiatives to cater to student's mental well-being. The pre and post test anxiety initiative is important to gain insight into student’s lives and behavior during examination, this will help create policies suited towards decreasing anxiety in students.
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