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Level of Anxiety among Two Genders Appearing for National

Level Test: A Comparative Study
Zamirullah khan1* Waseem Ahmed1 Naseem Ahmed Khan2
1.Department of Physical Education A M U Aligarh U.P. India
2.Mumtaj P G College Lucknow, U.P. India
*email: zamir.amu@gmail.com

Abstract
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental, emotional and behavioral problem that occurs during exam.
University students suffer to some levels of study anxiety, such as; have new experiences, environment and
situation. Study anxiety is a real phenomenon. The prevalence of study anxiety has been acknowledged by
students. An attempt has been made to assess and compare the level of Anxiety of 25 male students & 25 female
students from the Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh. The Purpose of the study was to assess the level
of anxiety of the two Genders undergoing (UGC NET EXAM) in Physical education. The data was collected by
administering “Sinha’s Anxiety scale” (SAC), to find out the level of anxiety of two genders the Data was
analyzed by applying descriptive statistic i.e., Chi-square (x2), Mean, Standard deviation & t-test. The random
sampling technique is used. Results revealed that the two genders students had low level anxiety during
examination. After analysis of data it was found that there is no significant difference on level of Anxiety
between the two genders students. The level of significance was set at 00.5.
Keywords: comparative, examination, anxiety, genders, education UGC.

INTRODUCTION
The present age, which we live in, is rightly called “age of Anxiety” among the psychological problems of
modern society. The word “Anxiety” derived from Latin word anxieties means, trouble of mind is characterized
by a variety of unpleasant sensations including fear, nervousness, apprehension, worry, sensation that things may
get out of hand, the need to find an immediate solution and in the case of prolonged exposure to stress,
frustration and depression. The anxious person worries a lot, particularly about unknown dangers. The anxious
individual shows combination of the following symptoms rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, loss of appetite,
fainting dizziness, sweating, trembling sleeplessness, frequent urination and tremors, all of these symptoms
accompany fear as well as anxiety.
Anxiety as a future oriented mood state in which one is ready or prepared to attempt to cope with
upcoming negative events. Anxiety is the most common mental disorder affecting millions of adolescents around
the world. Anxiety is a major and growing health problem. According to research at Sydney University, 18.5 per
cent of women and 10.4 per cent of men will suffer from one anxiety disorder or another at some time in their
lives. As well as so-called generalized anxiety itself, they may suffer with panic disorder, phobias, or similar
conditions. And a recent survey conducted in the UK by the Mental Health Foundation suggests that as many as
seven million adults are suffering from anxiety in one form or another.
Many students experience some nervousness before, or after an exam, that it can lead to poor
performance and interfere with their learning. These students suffer from anxiety which is also called an
examination-anxiety. Anxiety disorders of the student interfering of academic functioning that means too much
anxiety can interrupt examination performance, there will be negative relation between anxiety and academic
achievement. High degree of anxiety can block thoughts, create negative frame in mind, and potential of poor
exam performance. Hembree, (1998) evaluated High level anxiety is more closely associated with lowered
performance in low-ability students than in high-ability counterparts. However, in some cases, anxiety can
become so intense that it leads to a negative impact on one’s performance. In these cases, it is important for
students to attend to their symptoms and find a way to cope with examination-anxiety. A moderate amount of
anxiety in students is often an aid to superior performance but if it increases beyond that degree the opposite
happens. On the basis of Yerkers-Dodson law both the task difficulty and the level of anxiety must be taken into
consideration. High level anxiety relates to obtain of low academic performance and low levels of arousal
improve performance relative to high levels.

METHODOLOGY
The purpose of the present study was to check the anxiety level of the students undergoing lectureship eligibility
examination in physical education

RESEARCH DESIGN
The researcher tried to know the level of anxiety of the two genders 50 students undergoing lectureship

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eligibility examination (UGC NET EXAM) in physical education of Aligarh Muslim University UP. The
variables, administration of test, collection of data and statistical analysis of data have been explained, under
case study method, questionnaire type research was selected as research design. SELECTION OF SAMPLE:
The researcher selects 50 students of the two genders undergoing lectureship eligibility examination (UGC NET
EXAM) in physical education of Aligarh Muslim University, of the sample of study.

TOOLS AND MEANS:

Sinha's Anxiety Scale, Paper, rubber and Pencil.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TEST:

Sinha Anxiety scale (Sinha W.A. Self Analysis form) constructed and standardized by D. Sinha. This Scale has
l00 questions related to the following categories personal data, opinions, suggestions, reaction of the students.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEST:

INSTRUCTIONS:
The respondents were instructed to give the true responses to all the 100 questions, after imagining themselves
before the examination time the students were also instructed to fully express their views as the questions goes in
"Yes" or "no" type. When the students completed the questionnaire, it was taken back from him.

INTERPRETATION OF SCORES:
Scores Interpretation
80-99 Very high level anxiety
70-75 High level anxiety
40-60 Normal range of anxiety
25.30 Low anxiety
1-20 Very low level of anxiety

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Chi-square test (x2) was administered to all the students selected for this study, who were instructed to give the
true responses to all the 100 questions, after imagining themselves before the examination time. After collecting
the questionnaire, they were scored according to the instructions as given by the author of the test in its manual.
The Means ,S.D.'s & t-test of the anxiety scores of the students were find out and their anxiety level were also
calculated in order to find out the significant differences.

ANALYSIS OF THE DATA:

Table 1

Y-
axis

x-axis

Individual Score of the boy’s student

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Table 2

x-axis

Individual score of the girl’s student

Table 3
Group N Chi-square test(x2) Mean SD t-value
students
Gender Male 25 25.03 9.77 3.408 1.464
Female 25 26.09 10.24 2.997

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA:

By analyzing Table -1 & 2 chi square test 25.03(male) and 26.09(female) was used to find out the anxiety level
among the students undergoing lectureship eligibility examination in physical education. It was find-out from the
sinha's anxiety scale that there was low level of anxiety among the students.
By analyzing Table -3, we can interpret the difference of anxiety among the two genders, calculated
Mean is 9.77 (male) and 10.24(female) respectively The standard deviation in case of the male students is 3.408
and in case of the female students is 2.997 and obtained t’ value is 1.464, which is insignificant at 0.05 level of
significance which means that there is no significant difference of anxiety among the males and female students.

CONCLUSION
On the basis of findings this study revealed that psychological characteristic (Anxiety level) of the two genders
undergoing (UGC NET EXAM) in physical education, the study found that most of the male & female students
had low anxiety level during examination. In this paper, we present a survey aimed to identify of study level of
anxiety sources among university students. The survey involves 50 students of Aligarh Muslim University UP.
The respondents have answered the survey questionnaire about experiences, feeling and thoughts related with
anxieties during study process. The data was analyzed by applying descriptive statistic i.e., Chi-square test (x2)
mean, standard deviation & t-test to find out there is no significant differences on Anxiety level between the
students of two genders at the level of significance 0.05. Anxiety level is not significantly related to age, Body
weight and experience. The perception is that high level anxiety relates to obtain of low academic performance,
it makes students have bad experience then they will keep the experience for next situations. Based on the result,
The Subjects have low level anxiety will perform better.

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