Predicting academic achievement through test anxiety, perfectionism, and achievement motivation

To re-examine the relationship between academic achievement، test anxiety، perfectionism، and achievement motivation، a random sample of 250 female high school seniors was selected and then given a questionnaire containing questions on last three constructs. Academic achievement was measured by students'' grade point average. The analysis of the collected data revealed that the more a student has test anxiety the lower her grade point average، just as the latter''s relationship with motivation is the other way around. Self-confidence، hard work، and resilience were also correlated with academic achievement. Thus، it appears that increasing motivation and decreasing test anxiety is in order if improvement in academic achievement is desired.