Exam Anxiety as a Predictor of Self-Perception Contradictions Among a Sample of Youth Addicted to Social Media

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Associate Professor – Educational Psychology, College of Basic Education, Department of Psychology, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training.

Abstract

            This study aimed to reveal the relationship between test anxiety and self-perception contradictions, and to identify the extent to which test anxiety contributes as a variable predicting self-perception contradictions among a sample of young people addicted to social networking. The descriptive, correlational approach was used, and the study sample consisted of (200) male and female students at Kuwait University from Age group (18-21 years) The sample was chosen randomly, and they were administered measures of test anxiety and self-perception discrepancies. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between test anxiety and self-perception discrepancies among the study sample of males and females. It also showed that there were significant differences between males and females on the measure of self-perception discrepancies in female direction, While it was found that there were significant differences between males and females on the test anxiety scale in the direction of males, it was also noted that test anxiety had a high predictive ability for self-perception discrepancies in the study sample.

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