Perfectionism and test performance anxiety in university students
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2015
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UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Abstract
The study intended to explore the relationship between Perfectionism and Test Performance Anxiety in university students. The study was divided in 4 phases. The first phase included exploring the phenomenology of Test anxiety on 40 participants, and carrying out an empirical validation for the cultural relevance of the scale in the second phase. The third phase included conducting a pilot study on 30 participants for identifying the comprehensibility of the scales, while the fourth phase involved establishing the psychometric properties of the scale and carrying out the main study. The main study was carried out on 300 participants (48% males & 52% females) using stratified random sampling between the age of 18-24 years. The participants were given a demographic performa, the indigenous Test Anxiety Scale as well as the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Hewitt & Flett, 1990) and the results were analysed through various descriptive and inferential analyses. The correlational analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between Perfectionism and the Test Performance Anxiety of students
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Advisor: Dr. Zahid Mahmood
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MS Thesis, Perfectionism, Test performance anxiety, Anxiety, University students