A Gender wise Comparative Study of Anxiety Level among Pre & Post - 12th Standard Students

By : Sapna Verma

Page No: 53-61

Abstract
The present study intends to investigate the difference that existed between anxiety of students of both genders studying in 12th standard in a private school preparing only for boards and students studying in a private coaching institute preparing for Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) exam after passing 12th standard. Total sample consisted of 120 students (60 pre-12th Standard students and 60 post12th standard students, age range: 18-22 years; Mage=20 years) purposively drawn from randomly selected school and coaching institute of Kanpur city. In each group there were 30 male and 30 female students. Sinha Anxiety Scale developed by Sinha was used to measure anxiety level of pre and post-12th standard students. Obtained data was analyzed with the help of ANOVA technique and revealed significant differences in anxiety level of students of pre and post-12th standard as well as in anxiety level of boys and girls. The interaction between the anxiety scores of academic standard and gender was insignificant. Obtained mean scores depicted that all post-12th standard students preparing for CHSL exam and overall girls had higher level of anxiety.

Author :
Sapna Verma : Associate Professor – Department of Psychology, D.A-V. College, Kanpur. (UP).