THE IMPACT OF ANXIETY ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/psy-visnyk/2025.2.6Keywords:
anxiety, worry, situational anxiety, academic performance, emotions, fear, depressionAbstract
The article provides a theoretical analysis of the problem of the influence of anxiety on the academic performance of students of a technological college and presents the results of an empirical study. It was determined that the academic performance of students is closely correlated with the level of anxiety of students of a technological college. In particular, in the realities of military operations, loud alarms, explosions, unstable economic situation, the feeling of fear and anxiety increases, the psyche of young people is traumatized. These negative trends are amplified in first-year students and affect the perception, attention, memorization of educational material, intellectual styles of cognitive activity. Іt has been established that anxiety is one of the forms of manifestation of the emotional state of students. It accompanies all aspects of the life of young people – communication, learning, self-knowledge and personal achievements. Depending on whether the level of manifestation of anxiety is high or low, its impact on personal achievements and academic success of students is both positive and negative. Its dual impact on the unstable psyche of students affects the manifestations of working capacity, educational and social activity, self-esteem. If anxiety has a moderate manifestation, it stimulates responsibility, concentration and motivation to study. A high level of anxiety leads to a decrease in cognitive activity, difficulties in completing educational tasks and a decrease in academic success. The results of an empirical study conducted on the basis of the technological college «Interregional Higher Professional School of Automobile Transport and Construction MVPU ATB» are presented. The study involved 80 students of different courses, the age of the subjects was from 15 to 17 years. The applied diagnostic tools of the empirical study are the analysis of psychological sources regarding the problems of anxiety and student success, generalization, Spielberger-Khanin anxiety scale, Beck anxiety scale (BAI), Taylor’s «Anxiety Scale» technique (V. G. Norikadze); descriptive, correlation analysis. The conclusions are formulated that anxiety reduces the mental performance of students of a technological college, contributes to the development of social isolation, deterioration of cognitive activity, and complete abandonment of studies.
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