The relationship between test anxiety and academic procrastination among the dental students
نویسندگان
1 Department of Endodontics, Student Research Committee, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
2 Department of Endodontics, Student Research Committee, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
3 Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Test anxiety is a major educational problem among students all around the world.The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between academic procrastination andtest anxiety among the dental students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was a descriptive–analytical study. The studysample consisted of 152 dental students; Solomon and Rothblum’s procrastination scale andFriedman’s test anxiety questionnaire were used to collect data. To analyze the data, descriptiveand analytical statistics (analysis of variance, independent t‑test, and Pearson’s correlation) wereused at a significance level of P < 0.05.RESULTS: The results of the present study showed that there is a significant relationshipbetween procrastination and test anxiety and its components. The relationship between academicprocrastination and gender was not significant, but a significant relationship was found between testanxiety and its dimensions with gender in terms of cognitive error and total test anxiety. No significantrelationship was found between academic procrastination and test anxiety and their componentswith marital status, age, and grade point average.CONCLUSION: According to the findings of the present study, people with academic procrastinationhave more test anxiety and fear of humiliation, irrational and negative thoughts, and more stress.
