The Relationship Between Test-anxiety Perceived General Academic Self-concept And Achievement Among Sixth Grade Primary Government Schools Children In The Subcity Of Gulelfaddis Ababa
The purpose of the study was to investigate relationships, directions andrnstrength between Test-anxiety, perceived general academic Self-concept, sociorneconomic status, study habit, parental involvement in the education of children, andrnachievement (as dependent variable). The population of the study was f)lh graderngovernment primary schools' 2482 students at Gulele sub city of A.A. Among themrn1231 were boys and 1245 were girls. The participants of the study were 491 students.rnAmong them 248 were boys and 249 girls. The mean age of the participants wasrn12.98 .rnThe design of the study was quantdative ex-post facto research design followingrncorrelational approach. Participants were selected by utilizing table of randomrnnumbers. Two scales and one questionnaire were utilized as instruments of the study.rnPearson product moment correlations (r) and Multiple Regression analysis wererncomputed to process the data.rnThe findings of the study indicated' (a) Test-anxiety is inversely and significantlyrncorrelated with achievement with weak relationship that is -. 186. (b) Perceived generalrnacademic Self-concept was positively and significantly related to achievement that isrn.436 and it contributed to the achievement. (c) Study habtf and parental involvementrnalso contributed to achievement but not socio economic status and Test-anxiety.rnRecent Academic Self-concept researches focus on domain specific with particularrnattention to specific subject matter. At this juncture, I expanded the research byrnexamining ''perceived general academic Self-concept" as a single Academic Self concept.rnThe findings do have applicability in the field of counseling Psychology andrnEducation .