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Mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students

Examination plays a vital role in the present contemporary educational setting as well as serving as an indicator and yardstick to place students in relation to their examination scores after they undergo the examination. However, students at different educational levels experience examination anxie...

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Main Authors: Khan, A., Grema, M. A., Latif, A. B. A., Bahar, H., Iswan, I., Sriyanto, S., Baranovich, D. L., Kosnin, A. B. M., Rosman, A. S., Mokhtar, M., Hassan, Z., Ismail, S., Panatik, S. A.
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020
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H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87799/1/AqeelKhan2020_MediatingEffectofPositivePsychologicalStrength.pdf
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spelling my.utm.877992020-11-30T13:20:52Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87799/ Mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students Khan, A. Grema, M. A. Latif, A. B. A. Bahar, H. Iswan, I. Sriyanto, S. Baranovich, D. L. Kosnin, A. B. M. Rosman, A. S. Mokhtar, M. Hassan, Z. Ismail, S. Panatik, S. A. H Social Sciences (General) Examination plays a vital role in the present contemporary educational setting as well as serving as an indicator and yardstick to place students in relation to their examination scores after they undergo the examination. However, students at different educational levels experience examination anxiety, which can interfere with making right decisions either before or during examinations and is considered to be a phenomenon associated with low examination scores. Therefore, the present research study was aimed at determining the mediating effect of positive psychological strengths between study skills and examination anxiety among Nigerian college students. The study employed survey research on 315 Nigerian college students. The result of the path analysis shows that study skills (SSK) have a significant and direct relationship on examination anxiety. The mediation between positive psychological strength (PPS) and examination anxiety is identified as being effective and significant. Therefore, positive psychological strength (PPS) acts as an effective mediator towards examination anxiety. MDPI AG 2020-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87799/1/AqeelKhan2020_MediatingEffectofPositivePsychologicalStrength.pdf Khan, A. and Grema, M. A. and Latif, A. B. A. and Bahar, H. and Iswan, I. and Sriyanto, S. and Baranovich, D. L. and Kosnin, A. B. M. and Rosman, A. S. and Mokhtar, M. and Hassan, Z. and Ismail, S. and Panatik, S. A. (2020) Mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12 (4). pp. 1-16. ISSN 2071-1050 http://www.dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12041479 DOI: 10.3390/su12041479
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Khan, A.
Grema, M. A.
Latif, A. B. A.
Bahar, H.
Iswan, I.
Sriyanto, S.
Baranovich, D. L.
Kosnin, A. B. M.
Rosman, A. S.
Mokhtar, M.
Hassan, Z.
Ismail, S.
Panatik, S. A.
Mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students
description Examination plays a vital role in the present contemporary educational setting as well as serving as an indicator and yardstick to place students in relation to their examination scores after they undergo the examination. However, students at different educational levels experience examination anxiety, which can interfere with making right decisions either before or during examinations and is considered to be a phenomenon associated with low examination scores. Therefore, the present research study was aimed at determining the mediating effect of positive psychological strengths between study skills and examination anxiety among Nigerian college students. The study employed survey research on 315 Nigerian college students. The result of the path analysis shows that study skills (SSK) have a significant and direct relationship on examination anxiety. The mediation between positive psychological strength (PPS) and examination anxiety is identified as being effective and significant. Therefore, positive psychological strength (PPS) acts as an effective mediator towards examination anxiety.
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author Khan, A.
Grema, M. A.
Latif, A. B. A.
Bahar, H.
Iswan, I.
Sriyanto, S.
Baranovich, D. L.
Kosnin, A. B. M.
Rosman, A. S.
Mokhtar, M.
Hassan, Z.
Ismail, S.
Panatik, S. A.
author_facet Khan, A.
Grema, M. A.
Latif, A. B. A.
Bahar, H.
Iswan, I.
Sriyanto, S.
Baranovich, D. L.
Kosnin, A. B. M.
Rosman, A. S.
Mokhtar, M.
Hassan, Z.
Ismail, S.
Panatik, S. A.
author_sort Khan, A.
title Mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students
title_short Mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students
title_full Mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students
title_fullStr Mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students
title_full_unstemmed Mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students
title_sort mediating effect of positive psychological strength, study skills on examination anxiety among nigerian college students
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87799/1/AqeelKhan2020_MediatingEffectofPositivePsychologicalStrength.pdf
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