Teacher Apprehension on Academic Anxiety of Students: A Correlational Study

Abstract

Teaching is regarded as a stressful, anxious profession that has an impact on 
teachers' ability to provide students with high-quality academic instruction. 
Teachers' psychological health can be negatively impacted by anxiety, which can 
impair their effectiveness in the classroom and cause them to interact 
inappropriately with students. Thus, teacher anxiety has an impact on students' 
enjoyment and involvement. So, the present study aims at finding out the 
relationship of teacher apprehension on academic anxiety of students. A sample of 
130 students were personally contacted and administered Academic Anxiety Scale 
by Cassady, J.C, (2020) and Teacher Apprehension Test (Richmond, V.P., Wrench, 
J.S., and Gorham, J, 2001). The findings of this study revealed that no gender 
difference exist between teacher apprehension and academic anxiety; teacher 
apprehension and academic anxiety are positively and highly significantly 
correlated. Implications are discussed.