Anxiety
Anxiety is a widespread concept although its causes, circumstances and events vary from person to person and in the daily living conditions a person experiences, such as exposure to new experiences and experiences, the need to make some fateful decisions and other conditions in general, everyone is vulnerable to traffic A state of anxiety from time to time.
Concerns often arise when an individual enters into risky trials, in which the need to overcome various challenges easily and successfully arises. Anxiety is a natural reaction and response. If the anxiety attacks persist for a long time and over-inflate with some stimuli, To the emergence of inappropriate responses, the concern will negatively affect the continuation of life of the individual thanks to normal and stable.
Exam and collection concerns
It is possible to identify both exam anxiety and collection anxiety as follows:
Collection concern
The concern of achievement is the feeling that accompanies the student during the exposure to situations and problems related to the educational environment or school; it is an emotional state of emotional in many dimensions and circumstances; such as the psychological pressure that accompany the student during the process of study, such as: anxiety, tension, loss of concentration, The anxiety of the student’s achievement is manifested in many abnormal physiological responses and disorders, such as: fatigue, fatigue, loss of appetite, fear and fear of teacher or teacher, fear of confrontation, Psychological inherent in the individual Rabat before the tests, and the concomitant fear and tension and situations of confusion.
Exam anxiety
The anxiety of the exam is a general concern accompanied by emotional state of tension and fear, affecting the individual at different stages, and this is related to the examinations and evaluation process, the students are showing many signs of turmoil and tension and anxiety, the risk of this type of anxiety when he reached an advanced stage; From the stage of positive and motivational motivation and exerting effort and seeking more achievements and successes, to an abnormal and abnormal stage, the symptoms stand in the face of student stability and success before the stage of evaluation or success and during.
Psychologists have talked about the strong relationship between the phenomenon of anxiety and the process of learning; the results of some studies showed that a number of students appear to be less than their level of real abilities during the evaluation process, because of exposure to some situations or conditions characterized by the atmosphere of stress and psychological pressure as an individual pass the test ; Students may show signs of confusion and tension, which is commonly called exam anxiety.
Components of exam anxiety and collection
Components of the concern of collection and examination and its components are as follows:
- Cognitive Component: It is called constant annoyance, and the constant preoccupation of the student to think a great deal about the consequences of his failure if it occurs. This anxiety is followed by the fear of loss of self-esteem and self-esteem.
- Emotional Component: Are individual emotional responses that show discontent, discomfort, and stress and panic episodes before and during the exam, as well as many emotional physiological symptoms.
Symptoms of exam anxiety and collection
The concern of achievement and examination shows many different symptoms in the student, including:
- Difficulty sleeping, insomnia, tension, and control of some obsessive thoughts in the pre-exam and during the collection period.
- Some physiological symptoms such as accelerated heart palpitations, dry throat and lips, excessive sweating, abdominal pain, in addition to shortness of breath.
- Disruptive performance of mental processes, such as: focus, thinking, and remembering.
- Distraction, low concentration and information when needed, both in the exam and in different learning situations.
Reduce the negative effects of exam anxiety and collection
Some psychologists and mentors suggested some practical steps and steps to minimize the negative effects of the anxiety of achievement and exam. These include:
- Help the individual understand himself and others and problems around him.
- Provide guidance to the individual; to raise his self-confidence and self-esteem, and feel safe.
- Continuous training on the relaxation process as breathing exercises and visualization.
- Training on the use of positive motivational vocabulary, and moving away from negative self-discourse.
- Encouraging the student to invest and exploit sound and fruitful time, and maintain the proper study habits and try to overcome the proper study habits that help to stabilize the psychological.
- Training on emotional discharge; playing, role-playing, and others.
Anxiety in children
Childhood anxiety is the child’s fear of the unknown, which is the set of self-motives, such as aggression and desire. Often, these motives result in punishment and reprimand, which inhibit the child’s desire to express them. These motives do not die but remain in the same child. And if summoned, the child is in a state of fear of punishment that he can receive, but he does not know the cause of this fear and can not explain, which makes him in a state of public concern, and multiple reasons for the emergence of this concern in children, and these reasons:
- Loss of child safety and security.
- Vibrations in child treatment by educators in educational institutions, and parents at home
- Improper family upbringing, such as neglect, constant criticism by parents, and constant talk about their children in front of others and hearing from the child.
Treatment of anxiety in children
It is possible to help an anxious child overcome his or her concern, or to prevent the child from being concerned in many ways, including:
- Train relaxation skills.
- Helping the child and training him to use strategies that help him to resist anxiety; such as asking to think about experiences and happy and calm situations, and guiding him when he is facing various problems, and help him to choose the appropriate ways and ways to solve them.
- Encourage the child to vent from his emotions, and express his feelings.