THE RELATIONSHIP OF ANXIETY, CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AND PERFORMANCE IN REGISTERED NURSE STUDENTS (PENNSYLVANIA).
Contributors: Temple University.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Education, Health.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The relationship of anxiety, academic performance, and certain demographic characteristics in registered nurse students was examined. The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any significant relationships between anxiety and performance, anxiety and certain demographic variables, and grade point average and certain demographic variables.

Subjects were 203 registered nurse students enrolled in four programs in colleges or universities in the Philadelphia area during the Fall Semester of 1985. Subjects were voluntary and given anonymity.

Data were collected from two instruments: The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and a demographic questionnaire constructed by the researcher. Academic performance was measured by the semester grade point average.

A correlation approach was used in which data was compared using Pearson correlation, general multiple regression and forward stepwise multiple regression. Demographic data showed that the majority of these students were never married, were employed, had been out of school one year or less, and had household incomes of over $25,000 a year. The mean age of the students was 26.37 years. The majority were graduates of an associate degree program.

Research findings indicated no significant relationship between anxiety and academic performance. Statistically significant relationships were found (1) between lower trait anxiety and higher age, being married, being separated, and more years since graduation; (2) between higher trait anxiety and being never married; (3) between lower state anxiety and being married; (4) between higher state anxiety and financial hardship; and (5) between lower grade point average and being employed. Regression revealed the following statistically significant predictions: (1) being employed and of a higher age predicted a lower grade point average; (2) having children predicted a higher grade point average; (3) financial hardship predicted higher state anxiety; (4) graduating from an associate program predicted higher trait anxiety; and (5) being separated and being married predicted lower trait anxiety.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-02, Section: A, page: 0309.

Thesis (ED.D.)--TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, 1987.

School code: 0225.