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ANXIETATEA LA PREADOLESCENȚII CU INSUCCES ȘCOLAR
ANXIETY IN PRE-ADOLESCENTS WITH SCHOOL FAILURE

Author(s): Tatiana Popov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Self
Published by: Asociaţia Psihologilor practicieni din Moldova
Keywords: anxiety; teens; poor success; fear of failure; shyness;

Summary/Abstract: Currently, preadolescents face states of anxiety generated by the complexity of the educational process, by school failure. The student - anxiously refuses to go to school due to stressful situations. Anxiety causes a decrease in attention and adequate perception of reality, creates a general emotional discomfort. General anxiety is characterized by low productivity, shyness, low self-confidence, hypermobility, poor assimilation of knowledge. The study was conducted on a group of 30 low-achieving students in grades VIII-X aged 14-16. The level of anxiety was studied by applying two techniques: the State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI) inventory by D. Spielberger and the Manifest Anxiety Scale (MAS) developed by Taylor and James Garden. The results showed a moderate level of anxiety stable at 33.3% and a high level of anxiety stable at 43.3%, and more than 86.6% of students show general anxiety at severe and moderate level.

  • Issue Year: 39/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 27-36
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian