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Anxiety Level of College Going Students Across the Gender


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1 Department of Child Development, Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences, Sultanpur (U.P.), India
2 Department of Human Development, Ethelind School of Home Science, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India
     

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Anxiety is a common condition noticed in people of all age groups. It may be caused by a physical condition, mental condition, effects of drugs or due to a combination of these. The concept of anxiety is characterized most commonly or a diffused, unpleasant vague sense of comprehension, often accompanied by autonomic symptoms such as headache, perspiration, palpitation tightness of the chest, mild stomach discomfort, and restlessness, indicated by an inability to sit or stand still for a long time. (Sadock and Sadock, 2007). The study aimed to assess the anxiety level of college going students across gender. Two colleges namely, Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences College and Ganpat Sahay college were selected from Sultanpur city. For the collection of information, 60 students were selected randomly from that college. These 60 college going students were divided into two categories in which 30 boys and 30 girls were included. The questionnaire schedule was used to elicit the general information pertaining to respondents. For specific information, Sinha's Comprehensive Anxiety test (1971) developed by A.K.P. Sinha and L.N.K. Sinha was used in this study. The results were carried out through the frequency and percentage method. The findings of study concluded that most of the respondents (63.33%) had extremely high anxiety.

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Anxiety, College Students, Anxiety Test.
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Authors

Rubi Verma
Department of Child Development, Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences, Sultanpur (U.P.), India
Mamta Kumari
Department of Human Development, Ethelind School of Home Science, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India

Abstract


Anxiety is a common condition noticed in people of all age groups. It may be caused by a physical condition, mental condition, effects of drugs or due to a combination of these. The concept of anxiety is characterized most commonly or a diffused, unpleasant vague sense of comprehension, often accompanied by autonomic symptoms such as headache, perspiration, palpitation tightness of the chest, mild stomach discomfort, and restlessness, indicated by an inability to sit or stand still for a long time. (Sadock and Sadock, 2007). The study aimed to assess the anxiety level of college going students across gender. Two colleges namely, Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences College and Ganpat Sahay college were selected from Sultanpur city. For the collection of information, 60 students were selected randomly from that college. These 60 college going students were divided into two categories in which 30 boys and 30 girls were included. The questionnaire schedule was used to elicit the general information pertaining to respondents. For specific information, Sinha's Comprehensive Anxiety test (1971) developed by A.K.P. Sinha and L.N.K. Sinha was used in this study. The results were carried out through the frequency and percentage method. The findings of study concluded that most of the respondents (63.33%) had extremely high anxiety.

Keywords


Anxiety, College Students, Anxiety Test.

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