Effect of Test Anxiety on Some Physiological and Biochemical Parameters of High School Students During and After Exam

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Published: Jun 30, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14500/kujhss.v4n1y2021.pp15-20
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Anxiety Test, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Pre-Examination Stress, Pulse Rate

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Zaitoon A. Hamad
School of Medicine, Koya University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9109-9549
Mamoon Q. Salih
Taq Taq Operating Company TTOPCO, Koya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3717-148X
Sayfaddin S. Hamad
Koya Technical Institute, Erbil Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4016-1250

Abstract

The current case study is based on semi structured interviews. The psychological effects of stress can impair the students' ability to think, behavior and emotions during exams. Also stress can cause restlessness; lack of motivation and irritability, the research tested the effects of examination anxiety on 200 male and female high school students with effects on cardiac rhythm and vascular regulations with using a Hamilton Anxiety Scale questionnaire. The results showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) in groups' systolic blood pressure during the test compared to both participants after the examination. The experiment aimed at knowing the impact of anxiety/stress on the cardiovascular system, for example, blood pressure, random blood sugar and pulse levels during and after exam on high school students and their sexual predominance. This condition negatively impacts their motivation and academic performance, minimizes their interest in education, and leads to the incidence of anxiety in both academia and the family. This depression can have a destructive impact on students' professional and personal lives, leaving them anxious, exhaustive and socially isolated at low academic levels, blood pressure. The hazardous factors that can alter the arterial pressure and cardiac frequency include age, gender, ethnicity, family history, obesity, smoking and alcoholism.

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Hamad, Z. A., Salih, M. Q. . and Hamad , S. S. (2021) “Effect of Test Anxiety on Some Physiological and Biochemical Parameters : of High School Students During and After Exam”, Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(1), pp. 15-20. doi: 10.14500/kujhss.v4n1y2021.pp15-20.
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Author Biographies

Zaitoon A. Hamad, School of Medicine, Koya University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Zaitoon Ahmed is an assistant lecturer at the School of medicine, Koya University.  She holds a B.Sc. in Biology from Salahaddin University (1999), and an M.Sc.  In Zoology at College of Science (2016) Dicle University in Diyarbakir, Turkey.  She is currently a lecture at Koya University, School of Medicine and at Erbil Polytechnic University EPU, Koya technical institute KTI.

Mamoon Q. Salih, Taq Taq Operating Company TTOPCO, Koya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Mamoon Q.Saleh is an assistant lecturer at the Department of oil and gas, MAD institute Erbil, Iraq. He has worked as a Lab Technician in chemistry holds a B.Sc. from the Koya University Kurdistan Region Government in Chemistry, M.Sc degree in Bio-Analytical. He had worked with international oil companies in Kurdistan, Genel Energy in the Shewashok field (TTOPCO).

Sayfaddin S. Hamad , Koya Technical Institute, Erbil Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Sayfaddin, is an assistant lecturer in biology science. He holds a B.Sc. in biology science from Salahaddin University, College of Science (2006), and an M.Sc. in animal physiology field from the University of Sulaimani, (2015). He is currently a lecturer at Erbil Polytechnic University EPU, Koya technical institute KTI. Despite that, he is a lecturer of biology science at the directorate of education in Koya, TAQTAQ high school for boys.

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