Abstract
The study was intended to find out whether or not a relationship exists
between academic anxiety and academic achievement of university
students. The study also aimed at exploring various coping strategies that
university students may use to deal with anxiety. The participants of the
study were 150 students of three teacher training programs in the
Department of Elementary Education, Institute of Education and
research, Punjab University, enrolled in the first semester. Data was
collected through survey method. Results revealed a significant negative
correlation between academic anxiety and GPA of the students. Most of
the students were found to use problem solving and emotional focused
coping strategy. The use of avoiding strategies was not common in the
students.
Sarwat Iqbal, Maliha Nasir. (2015) Strategies of University Students to Cope with Academic Anxiety, Journal of Arts and Social sciences, Volume 2, Issue 2.
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