A Comparative Study of Anxiety and Academic Achievement among Adolescents

Page: 97-100

Renu Rathee (Department of Psychology, Dayanand College, Hisar, Haryana)

In the present societal scenario adolescents are facing different kinds of anxiety. Anxiety is very closely related to fear. It is an unrealistic fear and an unfocused feeling of uneasiness. Due to overreaction in any situation and unrealistic fear anxiety can occur. Environment also plays an important role in the academic life of an individual as a man in the product of both nature and nurture. Academic achievement, often known as academic performance refers to how far a student, instructor, or institution has progressed toward their short or long-term educational objectives. Anxiety can negatively affect the Academic performance of adolescents. By keeping all these views in mind, the present research was conducted on the students of different schools like government, Navodaya and Kendriya schools of Haryana state. The results show a significant difference between male and female students in anxiety and academic performance.