Relationship Between Test Anxiety Symptoms and Self-Regulation among Psychology Students at Najran University College of Education: A Correlational Study

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the connection between test anxiety symptoms and self-regulation in Najran University's College of Education Bachelor of Psychology students. Additionally, it seeks to identify self-regulation-related predictors of test anxiety symptoms.

To address the goals and questions of the study, the researchers employed a descriptive approach. There were 135 male and female students in the sample. The researchers created a self-regulation scale and a test anxiety symptom scale.

The sample had high levels of self-regulation and test anxiety symptoms. Test anxiety symptoms and self-regulation had a statistically significant negative correlation (-0.227). In addition, symptoms of test anxiety can be predicted by self-regulation.

This research shows that self-regulation is one of the primary sources of test anxiety for college-going students. Surprisingly, behavioral self-regulation is a predictor of symptoms of test anxiety. This highlights the great importance of counselling sessions geared toward enhancing the self-regulation strategies necessary for decreasing test anxiety.

This research helps to fill existing information gaps in self-regulation and its connection to symptoms presented by college students suffering from test anxiety.