Assessment of Examination Anxiety Disorder among undergraduate students in Federal College of Education (Technical) Asaba: Implications for Counselling Psychologist
Oghenejode Mary Ann C. and Fasasi Lukman
Department of Counselling Psychology Federal College of Education Technical Asaba, Nigeria. Email: fasasilukman100@gmail.com & mayjode743@gmail.com
Abstract
This paper examined the prevalent of examination anxiety among Undergraduate students in Federal College of Education (T) Asaba: Counselling Implications. Three research questions were raised for this study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The Population of the study comprised four hundred and one (401) students in Federal College of Education (Technical), while one hundred and ninety-six (196) students were selected using random sampling technique to represent the entire population. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire, tiled: Examination Anxiety Disorder Among Undergraduate Students Questionnaire (EADSQ). The validated questionnaire was subjected to reliability test. Fifteen copies of the validated questionnaire were administered on students in Federal College of Education Umunze, Anambra State, using split-half method. Data collected weree analyzed using Pearson Correlation to ascertain the level of consistency whihch yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.79 indicating that the instrument is reliable. One hundred and ninety-six (196) Questionnaire were administered in Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba on the respondents by the researcher and were retrieved and analyzed. The data collected were analyzed using frequency count and mean statistics. Findings revealed that, there are different types of examination anxieties and it prevalent among Undergraduate Students in the College. It was recommended that School management should establish and promote regular counselling orientation, and information services for the new and existing students specifically aimed at helping students manage examination anxiety.
Keywords
Examination anxiety, Prevalent, Undergraduate
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