12Aug 2018

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND SELF-EFFICACY ON THE LEVEL OF STUDENTS TEST ANXIETY.

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This research aimed at studying the relationship between personality traits, and self-efficacy in the level of student with test anxiety. One hundred ten part-time students (male and female) from the second year and fourth semester completed the measure of test anxiety, self-efficacy and personality traits. Results revealed no significant relationship was found between personality traits and self-efficacy in the level of test anxiety among male and female and second and fourth-year students. A negative significant relationship was found between test anxiety and personality traits

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[Hena Fatma MA, Akbar Husain and Roma Seraj MA. (2018); THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND SELF-EFFICACY ON THE LEVEL OF STUDENTS TEST ANXIETY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Aug). 487-493] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Hena Fatma
Professor and Dean Faculty of Social Science

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/7546      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/7546

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