Validating the instrument of study anxiety sources using factor analysis

Anxiety can be referred as an underlying source of students’ fears during their study process. Several researches have proposed and identified the anxiety sources among students. However, not many proposals are concerned on validating the instrument of study anxiety sources. In this paper, the valid...

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Main Authors:	Vitasari, Prima, Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab, Herawan, Tutut, Ahmad, Othman, Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai
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spelling	ump-248092019-07-08T01:57:39Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24809/ Validating the instrument of study anxiety sources using factor analysis Vitasari, Prima Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab Herawan, Tutut Ahmad, Othman Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai QA76 Computer software TS Manufactures Anxiety can be referred as an underlying source of students’ fears during their study process. Several researches have proposed and identified the anxiety sources among students. However, not many proposals are concerned on validating the instrument of study anxiety sources. In this paper, the validation of the instrument of study anxiety sources is described. For identifying study anxiety sources, a total 300 students of University Malaysia Pahang (UMP) participated in this survey during second semester in the academic year 2008/2009. Findings from 7 dimensions in identifying of study anxiety sources show that all items had achieved validity as analysed by factor analysis. These sources are exam anxiety, presentation anxiety, mathematics anxiety, language anxiety, social anxiety, family anxiety, and library anxiety. Since, the Cronbach alpha of reliability was acceptable, it can be concluded that the associations of students feeling, thought, and experiences toward study anxiety sources support the validity of the instrument. Elsevier 2011 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24809/1/Validating%20the%20instrument%20of%20study%20anxiety%20sources%20using%20factor%20analysis.pdf Vitasari, Prima and Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab and Herawan, Tutut and Ahmad, Othman and Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai (2011) Validating the instrument of study anxiety sources using factor analysis. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 15. pp. 3831-3836. ISSN 1877-0428 (print); 1877-0428 (online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.381 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.381
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description	Anxiety can be referred as an underlying source of students’ fears during their study process. Several researches have proposed and identified the anxiety sources among students. However, not many proposals are concerned on validating the instrument of study anxiety sources. In this paper, the validation of the instrument of study anxiety sources is described. For identifying study anxiety sources, a total 300 students of University Malaysia Pahang (UMP) participated in this survey during second semester in the academic year 2008/2009. Findings from 7 dimensions in identifying of study anxiety sources show that all items had achieved validity as analysed by factor analysis. These sources are exam anxiety, presentation anxiety, mathematics anxiety, language anxiety, social anxiety, family anxiety, and library anxiety. Since, the Cronbach alpha of reliability was acceptable, it can be concluded that the associations of students feeling, thought, and experiences toward study anxiety sources support the validity of the instrument.
format	Article
author	Vitasari, Prima Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab Herawan, Tutut Ahmad, Othman Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai
author_facet	Vitasari, Prima Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab Herawan, Tutut Ahmad, Othman Suriya Kumar, Sinnadurai
author_sort	Vitasari, Prima
title	Validating the instrument of study anxiety sources using factor analysis
title_short	Validating the instrument of study anxiety sources using factor analysis
title_full	Validating the instrument of study anxiety sources using factor analysis
title_fullStr	Validating the instrument of study anxiety sources using factor analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Validating the instrument of study anxiety sources using factor analysis
title_sort	validating the instrument of study anxiety sources using factor analysis
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2011
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