PERSONALITY TYPE AND AMOTIVATION AS PREDICTORS OF EXAMINATION ANXIETY AMONG UNDERGRADUATES
The study focused on personality type and amotivation as predictors of Examination anxiety among undergraduates of Ebonyi State University. Two Hundred and twenty (220) students were selected for the study, while ten (10) questionnaire were discarded as a result of inconsistency in their responses, then two hundred and ten (210) was used for the analysis, comprising of ninety seven (97) male students and one hundred and thirteen (113) female students drawn from the department of Mass Communication, Ebonyi State University. The participants ages ranges from 18-30 years. Two instruments were used for data collection, they include: Type A Behavioural Scale (TABS) and Examination Anxiety Instrument. Two hypotheses were tested in the study. Result of the regression analysis showed that a motivation did not significantly predict examination anxiety among undergraduates the calculated p>0,812 at a significant of 0.05 this led to the acceptance of null hypothesis and personality type significantly predicted examination anxiety among undergraduates. The calculated p-value which is less than 0.0005 at 0.05 significance level this led to the rejection of null hypothesis. Implications of the findings were stated. Limitations and suggestions were made for further studies. The researcher recommends that there should be workshops, seminars, or public awareness programmes, where parents will be educated on how to help their children or ward(s) develop good personality, since personality type, have been found to play significant role on examination anxiety.