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Alka Dixit ¹, Deepika Vig ²

Affiliations
1 Research Scholar, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
2 Head of Department, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The world has become a place of great unnatural competition and academic achievements are seen as a bench mark of success in student's life. This bloodshed competition to achieve greater success and brighter future makes students more anxious, nervous worried, and sometimes extremely stressed and depressed too. Students with high levels of anxiety show passive attitude towards studies, lack of concentration and confidence, reduced memory span and poor reasoning abilities. The present study is planned to assess and the levels and found the difference in perception of academic anxiety among 240 high and 240 low achievers of class 11th and class 12th. To fulfill the purpose of the study, six private schools from two Zones of Ludhiana city were selected. Academic Anxiety Scale developed by Siddique and Rehman (2017) was used to assess the academic anxiety of selected high and low achievers.

Keywords

academic anxiety, high achievers and low achievers

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Alka Dixit ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Academic Resilience plays a very important role in modern education. It is the student's ability to compete and get success in an environment where they face adverse conditions. Academic resilience assists the learners to handle and manage stress, anxiety and pressure in the academic setting. These days, academic resilience is seen as an emerging trend in education system and has become an important part of education as well as the most important part of a student's life. In the present study, an attempt was made to assess and compare the levels of academic resilience among 480 students (240 high & 240 low achievers from various streams, i.e., medical, non-medical, commerce & humanities) studying in Senior Secondary classes of six different private schools of Ludhiana city. Academic Resilience Scale developed by Mallick and Kaur (2015) was used to assess the academic resilience among selected high and low achievers. Results of the study showed that medical students (high achievers from class 12th ) were highly academically resilient followed by non-medical, commerce and humanities students. High achievers were found to have high level of sense of well-being as well as positive relationships with adults and peers than low achievers.

Keywords

academic resilience, high achievers, and low achievers.

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