ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 8

A Study of Academic Anxiety Among Secondary School Students in Relation to Socio-Economic Status

  • Author:
  • Sarita1, Sombeer2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 155 to 159

1Assistant Professor-II, Department of Education, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana

2Research Scholar, Department of Education, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana

Online published on 22 January, 2016.

Abstract

The study attempted to find out the relationship of academic anxiety among secondary school students in relation to socio-economic status. This was an empirical research with a sample of 200 secondary school students selected randomly from Rohtak city of Haryana. The study was conducted through descriptive survey method. Academic Anxiety Scale for Children (AASC) developed by Singh, A.K and Gupta, A.S. (1986) and Socio-Economic Status Scale developed by Kalia, A.K and Sahu S, (2011) was used for the collection of data. ̀t' test was applied to find out the significance of difference between means. The results indicated that there was significant negative correlation between the academic anxiety and socio-economic status of secondary school students. Study also revealed that there was significant negative correlation between the academic anxiety and socio-economic status of boys and girls of secondary schools.

Keywords

Academic Anxiety, Socio-Economic Status, Secondary School Students