قلق الامتحان لدى طالبات كلية الأميرة عالية الجامعية بالأردن وعلاقته بالتحصيل الأكاديمي وحياتهم الاجتماعية

Abstract

The study aims to identify the extent of examination anxiety among students of Princess Alia University College, Balqa Applied University, and its impact on student academic achievement, social life of students and to the relationship between progress in the years of study and the level of examination anxiety. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method. The sample size of the sample was (340) students studying at Princess Alia University College. They were randomly selected from the study population of (2995). The researcher used a questionnaire consisting of (49) paragraphs measuring the anxiety of the exam and the social life of the student. Data were collected and analyzed through the SPSS (25) program, using simple descriptive statistical analysis, and associative statistical analysis through Pearson's correlation test. The results of the study showed that the exam anxiety is spread among the students of Princess Alia University College on average. The results also showed that there is an inverse correlative relation between the examination anxiety and the academic achievement. The results revealed a statistically significant negative relation between the examination anxiety and social life of the student. While the results showed that the exam anxiety spread among the students of Princess Alia University College on average, and finally the results showed that the level of exam anxiety increases with the progress in school years. The study presented a number of recommendations related to the subject of the study, such as activating the role of the Psychological Counselor of Princess Alia University College in guiding students who suffer from the level of high examination concern towards the habits of good memorization and psychological, physical and social methods to reduce the impact of negative examination anxiety on the student.