title: Anxiety level as an indicator of academic performance during first semester of graduate work.
abstract: This article presents the results of an empirically based research study that examines the use of the trait and state anxiety level of first semester graduate students as a potential indicator of academic performance (N = 63 males and females. The findings reveal that the higher the student's Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score, the greater his chances of achieving a higher grade point average (GPA) at the end of his first semester of graduate work. Moreover, the lower his A-Trait anxiety score at the time of admission, the greater his likelihood of earning a higher first semester GPA.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male