A Study of the Effect of Creativity and Academic Achievement on Examination Stress

Abstract

In the present study, creativity and academic achievement of secondary school students have been examined, so as to know how they co-relate with and influence examination stress in students.

 The objectives of the study are: (i) to study the relationship between examination stress and creativity, (ii) to study the relationship between examination stress and academic achievement, (iii) to compare examination stress among students with high, moderate and low creativity, (iv) to compare examination stress among students with average, high and very high academic achievement. The sample for the present study consisted of 640 students studying in class XI of four U.P. Board schools and four C.B.S.E. Schools of Allahabad. 'Examination Stress Scale' of K.S. Misra was used to measure examination stress among secondary school students. Figural Test of Creative Thinking of K.S. Misra was used to measure creativity among secondary school students. Scores obtained by the students in the board examinations of class X have been taken to measure academic achievement. The findings are: (i) there is no relationship between examination stress and creativity, (ii) examination stress is not related to academic achievement, (iii) students with high, moderate and low creativity do not differ from one another in their experience of examination stress, (iv) students having very high, high and moderate academic achievement differ from one another in their experience of examination stress.