Self Esteem and Academic Anxiety among Secondary School Students of Darbhanga Town

Abstract

This study examined self-esteem and academic anxiety in high school youth. A simple random sample of 160 high school students, 80 boys and 80 girls, was taken using the descriptive survey method. The tools to collect the necessary data are Rosen Berg’s Self-Esteem Scale and A. K. Singh and A. Academic Anxiety Scale. The statistical methods used to analyze the data were the product moment correlation coefficient and Pearson’s t-test. Significant differences in self-esteem were found between adolescent boys and girls, with adolescent boys having higher self-esteem compared to adolescent girls. A significant difference in academic anxiety was also observed between high school boys and girls, with girls having higher levels of academic anxiety than boys. The results also showed a significant negative correlation between self-esteem and academic anxiety.