• Causes Of Academic Anxiety Among Tertiary Institution Students
    [A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN METROPOLIS OF KWARA STATE]

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    • 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
      Table 8:    Mean, standard Deviation and t-value of respondents on the causes of academic related anxiety based on Gender 
      Table 9:    Means, standard deviation and t-value of respondents on the causes of academic related anxiety by marital status 
      Table 10:    Means, standard Deviation and t-value of respondents on the causes of academic related anxiety on the basis of age
      Table 11:    Mean, Standard Deviations and t-value of respondents on the causes of academic related anxiety on the basis of mode of residence
      Table 12:    Mean, Standard Deviation and t-value of Respondents on the causes of Academic Related Anxiety on the basis of Religion
      Table 13:    Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Results comparing responses on causes of academic related anxiety on the basis of institution 

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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---

         

      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 ONE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Thus, education is taken as the most important means of developing human resources for national development. This accounts for their reason why the Federal Government of Nigeria made it clear in the National Policy on Education, that education is an instrument per Excellence for effective development (FGN, 1988).     Hilgard and Artikinson (1995) noted that people experiencing anxiety are strongly motivated to do something to alleviate discomfort through the various unconscious defence mechan ... 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---