Abstract Anxiety is becoming a prevalent problem in American society. Bad news and tragedies that come from every source of media have got more than 18% of the adult population suffering from one of six anxiety disorders. I am researching the effects of ethnicity‚ gender‚ and age on levels of anxiety. It is hypothesized that Chinese students will be more anxious than Caucasians‚ females more anxious than males‚ and older students less anxious than younger students. The participants of this study
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common misconceptions is that anxiety is something that everyone experiences. On some level‚ this belief is true. Anxiety is natural to feel in certain situations where danger is present‚ and the fight-or-flight instinct kicks in. However‚ the fine line is drawn when someone experiences anxiety when there is no discernible threat—this is when anxiety starts becoming a disorder and not just a natural response to the environment. Many people do not understand the effect anxiety has on the brain‚ and it
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single-system design aimed at improving the participant’s score on the Clinical Assessment of Anxiety through the intervention of meditative breathing. A baseline of three weeks was measured followed by four weeks of treatment phase. During the treatment phase‚ the participant completed meditative breathing exercise three times daily for five days each week. The participant completed the Clinical Assessment of Anxiety each Friday of the treatment phase. The results indicated improvement in the scores‚ however
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stops protecting them‚ they start to experience anxiety. People with anxiety constantly think‚ “What will I do to make myself look dumb today”? But first‚ what is anxiety? “Anxiety is defined by the actual threat of an object or situation that is associated with functional impairments in schools‚ relationships‚ or work” (Milosevic‚ McCabe‚ 2015‚ p.19). Which also can mean you are worried or uneasy about something constantly. Another definition is‚ “Anxiety
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across in conversation‚ or a worry they will say the wrong thing‚ it is enough to make any average person nervous. Now imagine having these same anxieties‚ but also having to face them in a completely different language than your own. In Harumi Kimura’s journal article‚ “Foreign Language Listening Anxiety: a Self-Presentational”‚ she explores the anxieties and the psychological repercussions faced by second language listeners. Using the Self Presentation theory as a basis for her study‚ Kimura discovered
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Associations between Anxiety and Psychological and Biological Factors Many people believe that anxiety exists in the occasions that give you a lot of stress. Presence of anxiety is mainly due to the environmental elements. In my opinion‚ anxiety is a result of imbalance of internal states of human being rather that purely caused by environmental factors. The external environment only triggers the disequilibrium of mental status but not all the person will experience anxiety under a same stressful
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Title: Math Anxiety and Math Self-Efficacy: Their Relationship to Math Achievement of College Sophomores Author: Lucia Sanapo-Diaz Unpublished Master of Arts in education Thesis‚ West Visayas State University‚ Iloilo city‚ September 2004 Objective: This is a descriptive-correlational study which investigated the relationship between math anxieties‚ math self-efficacies and math achievements of maritime college sophomores in Iloilo‚ Philippines. Method: This research was conducted at the
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City Parañaque Science High School REDUCING CLASSROOM ANXIETY: A CASE STUDY OF A GRADE SEVEN STUDENT An Action Research Submitted to CONCEPCION C. BERNALDEZ‚ Ph.D. Principal IV Submitted by RODRIGO C. MORALES‚ M.A. Master Teacher II April 1‚ 2014 Reducing Classroom Anxiety: A Case Study of a First Year High School Student Rodrigo C. Morales Master Teacher I Abstract According to MacIntyre (1995) “anxiety can be associated with a variety of physiological and emotional
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Alain de Botton argues in his book‚ Status Anxiety‚ that the chief aim of humorists is not merely to entertain but “to convey with impunity messages that be dangerous or impossible to say directly”. Because of this‚ he says that humorists play a vital role in society since society allows humorists to communicate things that other people cannot or will not say. I disagree with Alain de Botton’s argument that humorists convey impunity messages because of comedians George Carlin and Lenny Bruce. George
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Although humor is often used to entertain or lighten one’s mood‚ it can also change the world‚ if addressed correctly. In his 2004 novel Status Anxiety‚ Alain de Botton argues that humorists do not only play a large role in entertainment‚ but they also represent the people and their true underlying feelings on series topics. I strongly agree with de Botton’s stance on the role of humor and humorists in society because they allow people to discuss and raise awareness for controversial issues without
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