The relationship between test anxiety and academic procrastination among the dental students

Abstract

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 and test anxiety among the dental students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was a descriptive–analytical study. The study sample consisted of 152 dental students; Solomon and Rothblum's procrastination scale and Friedman's test anxiety questionnaire were used to collect data. To analyze the data, descriptive and analytical statistics (analysis of variance, independent t-test, and Pearson's correlation) were used at a significance level of P < 0.05. RESULTS: The results of the present study showed that there is a significant relationship between procrastination and test anxiety and its components. The relationship between academic procrastination and gender was not significant, but a significant relationship was found between test anxiety and its dimensions with gender in terms of cognitive error and total test anxiety. No significant relationship was found between academic procrastination and test anxiety and their components with marital status, age, and grade point average. CONCLUSION: According to the findings of the present study, people with academic procrastination have more test anxiety and fear of humiliation, irrational and negative thoughts, and more stress.

Keywords

• procrastination
• students
• test anxiety scale