Test anxiety and procrastination in physiotherapy students
نویسندگان
1 Associate Professor, Head of Department of Neurophysiotherapy, D. Y. Patil School of Physiotherapy, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Professor and Director, Department of Physiotherapy in Community Health, D. Y. Patil School of Physiotherapy, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3 Professor and Head, Department of Physiotherapy, T. N. Medical College, B. Y. L. Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
4 BPTh, D.Y.Patil School of Physiotherapy, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Short‑term academic procrastination may be accompanied by negative outcomessuch as anxiety, stress, and depression. The current study aims to evaluate the two parameters ofprocrastination and test anxiety in physiotherapy students and explore whether a relationship existsbetween them.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive, cross‑sectional survey with a prospective study designwas carried out over a period of 6 months. The study used a two‑staged cluster sampling method:220 undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy students from colleges in Mumbai and NaviMumbai participated in the study, ensuring participation of students from each year of the course.The Westside Test Anxiety Scale was administered to evaluate test anxiety, and the AcademicProcrastination Scale was used to evaluate procrastination. To illustrate the basic demographicsof the participants, descriptive statistics were used. A correlation matrix was used to analyze thecorrelation between the two parameters.RESULTS: The mean procrastination score of the physiotherapy students was 74.1. Amongstundergraduates, the highest procrastination was seen in the 3rd Bachelor of Physiotherapystudents (mean = 76.7), whereas among postgraduates, the highest procrastination was seen inMaster of Physiotherapy 1 students (mean = 75.7). The mean test anxiety score was 3, indicatingmoderately high test anxiety among students. There was a statistically significant, positive correlationbetween test anxiety score and procrastination score (P value = 0.000, Pearson’s correlationco‑efficient = 0.383).CONCLUSION: Both test anxiety and the tendency to procrastinate were present amongundergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy students, in varying degrees. There was a positivecorrelation between the two factors.
