Academic Anxiety and Self Efficacy among Adolescents of Kashmir

The present research study was conducted to investigate the academic anxiety and self efficacy among adolescents of Kashmir. Descriptive survey method was used in the present study and the sample was selected through stratified random sampling technique. For this purpose, 400 secondary school students were selected as adolescents (200 males and 200 females) among them 200 each from government and private schools of Kulgam and Baramullah district. The tools used for data collection were academic anxiety scale by Siddiqui and Rehman (2017) and self-efficacy scale by Ganie and Ganai (2020). The statistical techniques used were percentage, t-test and persons product movement correlation method to analyze the data.  The results revealed that 11.50%, 23.25% and 65.25% of low, moderate and high academic anxiety were found among adolescents of Kashmir respectively. Whereas 66.50%, 22.75% and 10.75% of low, moderate and high self efficacy was found among adolescents of Kashmir respectively. A significant difference was found between male and female adolescents of Kashmir on academic anxiety. Also, a significant difference was found between government and private school students on academic anxiety. A significant negative correlation was found between academic anxiety and self efficacy among secondary school students of Kashmir.