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- Title
ANXIETY SCORES IN UNIVERSITY ENTERING AND GRADUATING STUDENTS FROM A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION.
- Authors
de Carvalho, Eliane Alicrim; Marques Gomes Bertolini, Sonia Maria; Grossi Milani, Rute; Costa Martins, Mayra
- Abstract
The aim of this study was evaluating the anxiety levels in entering and graduating students from a higher education institution of Northwest Paraná. A cross-sectional research with 1,112 students, with an average age of 21.8±3.3 years, of both sexes, from courses of the Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Centre for Applied Social Sciences and Humanities, Center for Exact, Agricultural and Technological Sciences. Standardized instruments as the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory were applied. For statistical analysis we used Student's t-test, analysis of variance and Z test. The level of statistical significance was 5%. Higher anxiety scores were found in graduating students of female sexes and from the Center for Biological and Health Sciences (p <0.05). University graduating students present higher anxiety scores when compared to university entering students.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ANALYSIS of variance; ANXIETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX distribution; T-test (Statistics); QUANTITATIVE research; PSYCHOLOGY of Undergraduates; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2015, Vol 14, Issue 3, p1290
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v14i3.23594