University exam, which is vital for millions of young people; It is a cause for intense anxiety for young people. This exam, which is one of the most important crossroads of his life, also measures the resilience and perseverance of young people. With this exam, his future profession, that is, his lifestyle is determined.
At the same time, this test anxiety inevitably infects families. Families sometimes cannot keep their calm. Sometimes parents do not know what to do in the face of their children’s anxiety.
University exam anxiety can also prevent young people from studying. This causes inefficient operation. Realizing that he is working inefficiently, the teenager worries about more exam results. This causes him to get excited about the exam.
Anxiety is a learned emotion and has its origins in an obstacle that it thinks it cannot cope with. The university exam is an obstacle in front of him and anxiety and excitement increase because he thinks that he cannot cope with it.
Young focuses on exam results and tends to think negatively. Eventually he will get bad grades and his life will be bad.
These prejudiced negative thoughts of the youth should be replaced with treatment. Young people, who can focus on working with shorter plans without focusing on the result, will feel more ready for the exam as they will work harder and their anxiety will decrease.
Again, there are other anxiety focuses in children that lead them to result-oriented thinking. These are parents and teachers. The excessive expectation of success by teachers and parents and the high level of success increase the test anxiety of the youth. Sometimes parents and teachers do this to motivate the child, but in some young people this backfires, causing anxiety and negative test results-oriented thoughts.
As can be understood from all these, a positive motivation for the university exam; It will increase the youth’s determination to study for the exam and reduce their anxiety. For this reason, young people should be guided and taught to cope with their anxiety.
In some people, exam anxiety may be in the form of an excessive amount of illness. This is performance anxiety. This situation has arisen in the youth’s past exams or in other situations that require performance. Especially heart palpitations, sweating, trembling and not being able to answer questions even though they know it. In this case, it must be treated. Otherwise, the person will show less success than expected despite knowing it.
It is very important in this respect that families and teachers notice the young people with test anxiety and excitement, and when they are noticed, they should be guided for counseling.
