Social Anxiety and its Impact on Academic Achievement the Case of Kidist Sellasie Cathedral Secondary School Students
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2020-11
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Abstract
This study measured social anxiety and its impact on academic achievement. To measure the
participant's level of social anxiety, an instrument called Social Phobia Inventory Test/ Scale
(SPIN) was used. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 24. Based on this scale, 124
participants were found socially anxious. t-test, Pearson correlation and percentage were used
to analyze the data. Results showed that social anxiety correlated negatively and significantly
with academic achievement. Participants were 267 randomly selected students by using lottery
method from 3 grade levels (grade 10th -12th) at Kidist Sellassie Cathedral Secondary School
.The sample comprised 133 males and 134 females. Academic achievement and academic task
avoidance are positively correlated. The academic achievement of socially anxious groups are
low first semester average scores (negative relationship between social anxiety and average
scores) this implies that non-socially anxious groups performed academically better than the
socially anxious groups. And results show that social anxiety correlated positively with academic
task avoidances.