The Relationship Between Hopelessness and Academic Self-concept with Test Anxiety Among Sixth Grade Primary Students

The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between academic self-concept and hopelessness with test anxiety. The statisticed population consisted of all primary students in sixth grade. A total of 231 students were selected using random cluster sampling method. Spiel Berger’s test anxiety inventory hopelessness scale for children Kazdyn et al. (1983) and academic self-concept questionnaire Yasin Y. Chen (2004) were administered. Correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used to analyses the data. The results correlation coefficient test showed significant negative relationship between academic self-concept and test anxiety. There was positive significant relationship between hopelessness and test anxiety. Additionally, the results of concurrent regression revealed that self-concept significantly predicts students' test anxiety among other predictor variables. The Implications of this study with respect to importance of some personality traits on academic achievement are discussed.