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Abstract enIt could be said that academic achievement is one of the highest priorities that individuals strive to achieve in every stage of their student life as from the beginning. Academic achievement is influenced by many factors, both positive and negative. In this study, the level of the anxiety and effect of academic self-efficacy on academic achievement were investigated. In this context, survey data were gathered from 256 students according to the face-to-face interview method in a higher education institution that has undergraduate tourism education. The factor analysis has been applied and confirmatory factor analysis has been used to test the suitability of the model. Correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis were conducted to investigate the relationships between variables. According to the results, the academic achievement has a significant relationship with the academic self-confidence and feeling of failure which is the sub-dimensions of anxiety level. Regression analysis results show that academic self-confidence has greater predictive power on academic achievement.

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