The Impact of Anxiety Caused by the Matura Exams in High School Graduates Results

Flutura Dervishi

(European University of Tirana, Albania)

Abstract: This study presents the results of a research work, aimed at highlighting the anxiety, which appears to seniors Matura exam season, its impact on the performance of students graduating in these exams.

Graduates are in a period in which projected somewhat future in professional guidance. They should study and achieve results much higher in the future have the opportunity to study in branches desired to have a good profession and create a positive image of themselves in their future in society.

Being that graduates Matura exams should be tested on the knowledge gained during three years of high education, the sheer volume of material to be learned and the short time available to prepare, longing for the achieve the highest possible results, pressure from parents and teachers to high expectations from their children or graduates, that in itself cause anxiety tests, undoubtedly increases anxiety to graduates before graduation exams, which affects their performance school final achievements. 

This study wants to prove the hypotheses that:

Anxiety that accompanies graduation exams negatively affects seniors’ performance on these tests.

The purpose of this study is:

- To highlight the importance of Matura exams to graduate from high school academic performance;

- To highlight positive or negative impact of anxiety, causing Matura exams in high school graduate performance on these tests;

- To compare the individual with experience findings of studies conducted in connection with the anxiety that tests generally cause the results of the students;

- To bring something new to the field of studies on the impact of anxiety that accompanies Matura exams to graduates in their scores on these exams.

Empirical data were taken through the method of surveying to 110 high school graduates “Vasil Kamami” in Elbasan, in 2013.

The results of the research have concluded that Matura exams graduates cause anxiety and distress adversely affects those high school students who have above average academic achievement.

Key words: anxiety, Matura exams, graduates, impact