Incidence of Anxiety among 10th Class Students

Stress and strain and anxiety are experienced by adolescents, especially students. The study is an attempt to find out the anxiety among the students. The total sample for the present study was 743 (male=373 and female=370). State and Trait Anxiety inventory i.e. STAI form Y-1 and STAI form Y-2 were used for the study was developed by Charles D. Spielberger. A demographic questionnaire developed by the researcher was also used. A quantitative survey method was employed using statistical procedures such as t-test and f-test. The findings of the study points out that there were significant influence and difference between the demographical variables like syllabus, place of staying, working members in the family, tuitions, socio-economic status on anxiety. Based on the findings of the study a set of recommendations were formulated.