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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ANXIETY AND CLASSROOM BEHAVIOURS OF ADULT LEARNERS
Author(s) -
LAM Y. L. J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1981.tb02459.x
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , developmental psychology , psychiatry
S ummary . The relationship between three types of anxiety and eight types of classroom behaviours was examined. Data for the study were gathered through both questionnaire and observation at the beginning, midway through and during the final phase of the teaching‐learning process from 81 adult learners attending courses at Brandon University. Findings from the study seem to hold promise of a better understanding of the intangible mental state of adult learners from their overt behaviours as correlation and canonical variate analyses revealed close and direct relationships among anxiety and behaviour variables. Further, the communication anxiety theory seemed also to be verified as there was definitely a difference between high and low anxiety learners in the frequency of behaviours displayed.