Factors associated with fear of failure in schools
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description: Specific Aims of the study The specific objectives of the study were to ascertain: (1) whether significant differences exist within different schools between pupils classified according to form membership for certain personality variables, educational achievement, reasoning, attitude towards school and fear of failure. (2) whether significant differences exist between the sexes classified according to school and form membership for certain personality variables, reasoning, attitude towards school, and fear of failure* (3) whether significant differences exist between schools for performance on certain personality, reasoning, educational achievement, attitude towards school and fear of failure tests and or inventories. (4) whether any significant relationships exist between the variables selected for study (a) for the total sample of pupils, and (b) for pupils classified according to form and school membership. The sample The sample comprised 157 primary school pupils in the age range 10-11 years, drawn from three junior schools* There were 81 boys in the sample and 76 girls. Instruments Employed to obtain Data (1) Reading - bchonell R.4. (2) Reasoning - The Progressive Matrices Sest (3) Extraversion and Neuroticism - The Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory (4) Anxiety - The Boxall Test (5) Self Concept - The Lipsitt Test (6) Self -Esteem - The Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory (7) Fear of Failure - Self Designed (8) Mathematics - Graded Arithmetic Mathematics Test (Junior) P.E. Vernon (9) Attitude towards School - Fitts Attitude toward School Scale. Main Findings (1) Form Differences Significant differences for certain variables occurred between forms in Blaencaerau and Garth junior schools. For Blaencaerau these were (a) forms 1O and 11 for extraversion and fear of failure; (b) forms 1O and 12 for anxiety, attitude to school and mathematical achievement; (c) forms 11 and 12 for anxiety, self concept, attitude to school and mathematical achievement. For Garth there…
abstract: Specific Aims of the study The specific objectives of the study were to ascertain: (1) whether significant differences exist within different schools between pupils classified according to form membership for certain personality variables, educational achievement, reasoning, attitude towards school and fear of failure. (2) whether significant differences exist between the sexes classified according to school and form membership for certain personality variables, reasoning, attitude towards school, and fear of failure* (3) whether significant differences exist between schools for performance on certain personality, reasoning, educational achievement, attitude towards school and fear of failure tests and or inventories. (4) whether any significant relationships exist between the variables selected for study (a) for the total sample of pupils, and (b) for pupils classified according to form and school membership. The sample The sample comprised 157 primary school pupils in the age range 10-11 years, drawn from three junior schools* There were 81 boys in the sample and 76 girls. Instruments Employed to obtain Data (1) Reading - bchonell R.4. (2) Reasoning - The Progressive Matrices Sest (3) Extraversion and Neuroticism - The Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory (4) Anxiety - The Boxall Test (5) Self Concept - The Lipsitt Test (6) Self -Esteem - The Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory (7) Fear of Failure - Self Designed (8) Mathematics - Graded Arithmetic Mathematics Test (Junior) P.E. Vernon (9) Attitude towards School - Fitts Attitude toward School Scale. Main Findings (1) Form Differences Significant differences for certain variables occurred between forms in Blaencaerau and Garth junior schools. For Blaencaerau these were (a) forms 1O and 11 for extraversion and fear of failure; (b) forms 1O and 12 for anxiety, attitude to school and mathematical achievement; (c) forms 11 and 12 for anxiety, self concept, attitude to school and mathematical achievement. For Garth there…
author: Evans, Clive
language: eng
date published: 1987
date modified: 2026-07-24T04:39:18Z
provider: University of South Wales
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: The Polytechnic of Wales