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Vol. 3 No. 4 (2023)
The International "Journal of Academic Research for Humanities"

Research Articles

Impact of Gratitude and Ego-Resilience on Test Anxiety Among University Students

Published 22-12-2023

  • Haleema Sadia
    • ,
  • Dr. Abida Perveen
    • ,
  • Dr. Sadia Iqbal

Haleema Sadia
BS Research Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, GSCWU Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Dr. Abida Perveen
Lecturer, Department of Applied Psychology, GSCWU, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

Dr. Sadia Iqbal
Senior Special Education Teacher, Punjab Government Special Education Department, Pakistan

Abstract

Adversity was high for those who were grateful and resilient, and they showed high levels of competence and adaptability. The present research was planned to measure the Impact of Gratitude and Ego-resilience on Test Anxiety among University Students. In total 250 university students participated in this research study. The present study was a quantitative and cross-sectional research design. The questionnaires were filled out by both male and female students. The basic goal of this study is to reveal the association between positive psychology by assessing the impact of gratitude and ego-resiliency as an individual’s ability to deal with every kind of situation and educational psychology by investigating the impact of these two variables on university students’ test anxiety or exam anxiety.  This research aims to investigate the university student’s test anxiety and its relationship with gratitude and ego-resilience, either both have a positive impact on test anxiety, gratitude has more than ego-resilience or ego-resilience has a more positive association with test anxiety. The results indicate that both variables have a weak association with test anxiety, as ego-resilience has a negative correlation with test anxiety showed students whose ego-resiliency is higher have less test anxiety and related symptoms, but the impact of gratitude is weak as results showed students have test anxiety even if they have gratitude. Male university students were found more ego-resilient and had less test anxiety as compared to female students overall, the impact of variables was found more among males.

Keywords

Test Anxiety, Ego resilience, Gratitude, Adversity, Adaptability

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