International Journal of Advanced Research and Development

Authors
Ashok Kumar

Abstract
Anxiety is a bodily response to a perceived threat or danger. It is triggered by a combination of biochemical changes in the body, the patient's personal history and memory, and the social situation. Present study was being conducted to study the levels of trait anxiety among the secondary school students and to study the impact of trait anxiety on the academic motivation of low trait anxiety and high trait anxiety of secondary school students. Data were collected from two hundred secondary school students. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory by Spielberger and Keele's Academic Motivation Inventory were used to collect data. Results revealed there was no significant difference in trait anxiety of boys and girls secondary school students. There was no significant difference in academic motivation of boys and girls having high anxiety and low anxiety. There was no significant difference in academic motivation of students having high trait anxiety and students having low trait anxiety.