Prevalence of test anxiety among psychology students of SDCA

Last March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has halted and changed how individuals across the globe go about their daily lives. The pandemic has posed a significant threat not just economically and physical health, but also with the mental health of people across the globe. The unexpected switch from face-to-face classes to virtual/online learning has been proven a challenge to the students, as well as the educators and school administrators. Academic stressors such as academic demands, learning, performance and examination are the most common causes of stress and anxiety for college students, paired with the emerging problems brought upon by the pandemic, such as conflicting schedules, internet difficulties and learning environments. This specific type of performance anxiety is known as test anxiety. This study focused on the prevalence of test anxiety among selected psychology students. Data were obtained using the Google Forms Survey of the Westside Test Anxiety Scale. Results show that across all gender, the test anxiety level of the participants who identifies as homosexual fell on the extremely high test anxiety while male and female participants obtained scores that fell on high test anxiety range