School Achievement and Anxiety among Students Who Attend Extended and After-School Day Care / Školski uspjeh i anksioznost učenika u produženom i cjelodnevnom boravku

Marija Sakac, Mia Maric, Vlasta Lipovac

Abstract


Abstract
The aim of the research was to study the correlation between school achievement and the degree of anxiety and characteristics of its structure among students attending extended and after-school day care. The RCMAS (Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale), a scale that measures anxiety among the population aged 7-19, was applied. The sample consisted of 222 elementary school students from the 1st to the 4th grade attending extended and after-school day care programs. Principal components, Pearson’s correlations, t-test and discriminative analysis were used for statistical analysis. The results are indicative of statistically significant differences in the level of anxiety between very good and excellent students. Students who achieve very good success exhibit significantly higher anxiety in relation to students with excellent achievement. Somatised anxiety and, to a lesser extent, social anxiety are dominant among them. Statistically significant differences on the side of very good students are expressed through forms of anxiety that reflect emotional instability, maladjustment, lack of social conformity, and anxiety caused by a variety of social situations. The somatic anxiety factor mostly contributes to the difference in anxiety characteristics.
Key words: anxiety; extended and after-school day care programs; school achievement; students.
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Sažetak
Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati vezu između školskog uspjeha i stupnja anksioznosti, kao i utvrditi oblike anksioznosti kod učenika obuhvaćenih produženim i cjelodnevnim boravkom. U istraživanju se koristio upitnik RCMAS (Revised Children s Manifest Anxiety Scale), koji mjeri razinu anksioznosti kod populacije u dobi od 7 do 19 godina. Uzorak čine 222 učenika, od 1. do 4. razreda osnovne škole, koji su obuhvaćeni produženim i cjelodnevnim boravkom. Primijenjeni su statistička metoda glavnih komponenti, Pirsonova korelacijska analiza, t-test i diskriminacijska analiza. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju statistički značajne razlike u stupnju anksioznosti između vrlo dobrih i odličnih učenika. Učenici vrlo dobrog uspjeha imaju statistički značajno izraženiju anksioznost u odnosu na odlične učenike. Kod njih prevladava somatizirana, a u nešto manjoj mjeri i socijalna anksioznost. Statistički značajne razlike, u korist vrlo dobrih učenika, utvrđene su kod oblika anksioznosti koji označavaju emocionalnu nestabilnost, neprilagođenost, nedostatak socijalnog konformizma, kao i anksioznost izazvanu različitim socijalnim situacijama. Razlika u stupnju anksioznosti najveća je kod somatizirane anksioznosti.
Ključne riječi: anksioznost; produženi i cjelodnevni boravak; školski uspjeh; učenici.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v19i4.2506

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