Fear of Failure and Substance Abuse among Competitive Exam Aspirants: A Correlational Study

The aim of the current study was to investigate the association between substance abuse and fear of failure in young adults in India preparing for competitive exams. A sample of 207 respondents from diverse regions of India was selected using a non-probability purposive selection technique. Fear of failure was measured using the performance appraisal failure inventory (Conroy, D. E. 2001). And the TAPS Tool (McNeely J et al., 2016) to measures the use of drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, prescription medications, and others. It was predicted that there would not be a relationship between substance misuse and fear of failure. The data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation. According to the findings, substance abuse and fear of failure are not significantly correlated with one another. This study also demonstrated how sociodemographic characteristics, such as gender affect substance abuse and the fear of failure using an independent sample t-test. There was discussion about ramifications and restrictions.