Investigating the Influence of Residential Status and Geographical Background on Academic Anxiety Level for First Year Engineering Students

Academic anxiety assigns to the approach of tension, worry or fear that are connected with academic surroundingsor works. It may be pressure of assignments, exams, social or subjects’ related to academic task, or simply senseanxious about working in groups or studying in class. The present study aims to express academic anxiety amongfirst year engineering students in terms of residential status like hosteller or non-hosteller and geographicalbackground like from urban or from rural areas. Assuming an optimistic example, the present study applied asurvey plan with quantitative approach. The present study survey includes students of first year engineeringstudents of 2024-2025 academic year using the Academic Anxiety Scale developed by Sonal Sharma and Mohd.Shakir. The present research study sample was 259 with using a technique of probability sampling. The resultspresent research can be accomplished in two parts: (1) hosteller students have experienced higher level of academicanxiety than day scholar (non-hosteller) (2) Students from rural areas have more likely to report higher anxietylevel than students from urban areas. These findings can assist to counsel to higher education students to giveguidance and counseling to first year engineering students who facing academic anxiety and will facing thechallenges in study.