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@article{183608,
        author = {Saumya. R. S. and Dr. Afeef Tharavattath},
        title = {EFFECT OF GENDER, SOCIAL CONFORMITY AND MASTERY OF ENVIRONMENT ON PERFORMANCE ANXIETY OF D.El.Ed. STUDENTS},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {3},
        pages = {2286-2291},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=183608},
        abstract = {The purpose of this investigation was to find out the effect of gender, social conformity and mastery of environment on performance anxiety of D.El.Ed. students of Kerala. The study tested three null hypotheses by collecting data from 316 pre-service elementary school teachers (male = 44; female = 272). The instrumentation part of the study utilized the Social Conformity Sub-scale and the Mastery of Environment Sub-scale of the Mental Health Scale for Pre-service Elementary School Teachers and the Performance Anxiety Scale for Pre-service Elementary School Teachers, all developed by the investigators. Data analysis was accomplished by employing independent sample t-test, linear regression analysis and three-way factorial ANOVA. The results showed that gender has no significant differential effect on the performance anxiety of D.El.Ed. students. The influences exerted by both social conformity and mastery of environment on performance anxiety are significant. Whereas gender has no significant main effect on performance anxiety, social conformity and mastery of environment exert significant main effect on performance anxiety of teacher trainee. While gender exert significant effect on performance anxiety of D.El.Ed. students in interaction with their social conformity, the effect exerted by gender on performance anxiety in interaction with mastery of environment is not significant. Social conformity and mastery of environment have significant interaction effect on performance anxiety of D.El.Ed. students.},
        keywords = {Performance anxiety, social conformity, Mastery of environment, Interaction effect.},
        month = {August},
        }