Abstract:

In this study, the situational-continual anxiety levels and some factors that affect the levels of anxiety of students of the Faculty of Theology were examined. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory which developed by Spielberg and others (1970) and adapted to Turkish by Nejla Oner and Ayhan Le Comte was used to collect the data. The scale was administered to 518 students, of whom 234 female and 248 male, in May 2002. The students’ anxiety level was evaluated according to their grade levels, departments, sex, marrital status, economical situation, work position and achievement level. It was seen that, there were significant differences on students anxiety level depending on sex, department, marrital status and having a job or not. “Illness and losing relatives” and “ failure to find a job” were considered by students as the most important reasons for anxiety.

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