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Students' anxiety in a senior thesis course.

M R Wood1, L J Palm

  • 1Department of Psychology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC 29528, USA.

Psychological Reports
|July 6, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Student anxiety levels (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) rose during oral presentations but decreased afterward. Trait anxiety remained stable throughout the senior thesis course, highlighting situational influences.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Student Mental Health

Background:

  • Academic settings can induce stress.
  • Student anxiety is a significant concern in higher education.
  • Understanding anxiety fluctuations during academic milestones is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate anxiety changes in students during a senior thesis course.
  • To differentiate between state and trait anxiety in an academic context.
  • To explore the impact of situational academic events on student anxiety.

Main Methods:

  • Administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to 16 senior thesis students.
  • Collected data at Weeks 8, 12, and 15 of the semester.
  • Analyzed anxiety score changes in relation to oral presentation schedules.

Main Results:

  • State anxiety scores increased at the onset of oral presentations.
  • State anxiety scores decreased after the completion of oral presentations.
  • Trait anxiety scores showed no significant change across the testing periods.

Conclusions:

  • Situational factors, such as oral presentations, significantly impact state anxiety.
  • Trait anxiety appears to be a stable individual characteristic unaffected by this specific academic stressor.
  • Further research should explore situational variables influencing academic anxiety.

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