FACTORS AFFECTING ON EXAMINATION STRESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATES: AN INVESTIGATION FROM EASTERN UNIVERSITY

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@article{1700063,
      author = {P.Luckmizankari},
      title = {FACTORS AFFECTING ON EXAMINATION STRESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATES: AN INVESTIGATION FROM EASTERN UNIVERSITY },
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2017},
      volume = {1},
      number = {4},
      pages = {9-15},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1700063.pdf},
      abstract = {The objective of this study is to discover the factors, which are creating examination stress among B.B.A undergraduates of Eastern University. This study was fully focused on Primary data, which was collected through self-designed questionnaire with five point Likert scale. The sample was comprised of 100 B.B.A Undergraduates from various Year of study spread across the Eastern University, Sri Lanka.  The collected data has been examined and evaluated through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0.

Through this survey, researcher concluded, ?there is a high-level examination stress exist among B.B.A students?. Female students are having high stress than male students. Among the factors, physical cognition has high contribution to examination stress, and depression is common consequence among most of the undergraduates who has examination stress than others. },
      keywords = {Examination Stress, Eastern University, Undergraduates},
      month = {October},
  }