Abstract
The objective of the current study was to examine the relationship of test anxiety with adjustment and procrastination in female high school students in Zahedan. This was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of this study included 4000 female high school students in Zahedan, among whom the sample was selected through applying multistage cluster sampling method. The data collection tools were three questionnaires containing Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Adjustment Inventory of High School Students (AISS), and the Savari Academic Procrastination Scale (2011). Both descriptive and inferential statistics, including Pearson correlation coefficient, were used to analyze the obtained data. The results of Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that anxiety among students was significantly and directly correlated with adjustment and its dimensions (including emotional adjustment, social adjustment, and educational adjustment). Additionally, anxiety among students was significantly and directly related to procrastination and its dimensions (including intentional procrastination, procrastination resulting from physical-mental fatigue, and procrastination caused by disorganization). DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n2s2p66
Highlights
Maslow (2000) believed that when a person feels a sense of inner respect and/or respects himself/herself, he/she experiences feelings of inner security and self-confidence and feels that he/she is valuable and worthy
The results of Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that anxiety among students was significantly and directly related to students’ adjustment
The results of Pearson correlation coefficient showed that anxiety among students was significantly and directly related to their emotional adjustment
Summary
Maslow (2000) believed that when a person feels a sense of inner respect and/or respects himself/herself, he/she experiences feelings of inner security and self-confidence and feels that he/she is valuable and worthy. To achieve a sense of self-respect, one should know himself/herself well and be compatible in order to clearly and accurately distinguish his/her virtues and weaknesses. If these requirements are met, human’s most significant need, i.e. the need for self-realization, will be fulfilled and one can achieve his/her highest potential. To treat people with low selfesteem in an outpatient clinic, Pope et al (1999) applied cognitive behavioral methods and obtained outstanding results These methods were carried out on talented and gifted students, who had completely negative attitudes towards themselves, and positive results were achieved. From the psychological point of view, adjustment is considered as a physiological process based on which an individual can confront with or handle his/her desires (tendencies) and everyday life challenges
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