Impact of Academic Achievement on Locus of Control and Anxiety among College students

Abstract

An aim of the study: to investigate the locus of control and anxiety among high achievers and low achievers college students. Hypotheses: There was no significant difference between high achievers and low achievers college students with respect to locus of control.  There was no significant difference between high achievers and low achievers College students with respect to anxiety. Methods: Sample: For the present study 100 Sample were belongings to Aurangabad city, 50 subjects were high achievers college students and 50 were low achievers college students. The age range of subjects was 18-24 years. Purposive non-probability sampling technique was used. Tools Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale (1985):  constructed by Dr. Anand Kumar and Dr. S. N.  Srivastav.  Sinha’s Comprehensive Anxiety Test (SCAT–SS): by A. K. P. Sinha and L. N. K. Sinha. Conclusions: High achievers College students had significantly locus of control (External Locus of Control) than the low achievers college students (Internal Locus of Control). Low achievers college students had significantly high anxiety than the high achievers College students.