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2018

Western University

Brescia Psychology Undergraduate Honours Theses

Anxiety

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Birth Order As A Predictor Of Anxiety, Amanda Callaway May 2018

Birth Order As A Predictor Of Anxiety, Amanda Callaway

Brescia Psychology Undergraduate Honours Theses

This study examined the relationship between birth order and anxiety regarding the transition from high school to becoming a university student. Participants were categorized based on their biological birth order, psychological birth order, and living location. Participants’ state anxiety, trait anxiety, and self-esteem were measured and analyzed for predictable patterns in birth order and anxiety level. No statistically significant results were observed but results trended towards middle children scoring lowest on anxiety and self-esteem, youngest children scoring highest on anxiety and self-esteem, and firstborn and only children scoring similarly on anxiety but only children having slightly lower self-esteem. Results were …


Anxiety And Stress In First Year University Students, Kimberly Mccready Apr 2018

Anxiety And Stress In First Year University Students, Kimberly Mccready

Brescia Psychology Undergraduate Honours Theses

The purpose of the study was two-fold: to confirm the finding that anxiety and stress increases as exams draw near, and to provide evidence that smokers will have greater increases in anxiety and stress than non-smokers, as well as increased smoking urges as exam draws near, to deal with the related increase in anxiety and stress. To investigate this, participants were asked to fill out the DASS-21 at three-time points (4 weeks, 2.5 weeks, and 1 week) before the Psychology 1000 midterm examination. Smoking urges of smokers was also to be assessed, however, due to lack of smoking participants, no …