The relationship between test anxiety and future concerns: A research in İstanbul on high school seniors ages 17-18

In this research a number of 17-18 years old senior class students were selected in a random manner from Anatolian (State) and Private High Schools from two counties of Istanbul, Şişli and Beyoglu, in order to compare their anxieties over their college entry test results and their expectations about their futures. 138 persons who agreed to be part of this study formes our sample. The data for the research was collected by employing methods like Test Anxiety Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale and Personal Information Forms created by the researcher. According to the research, individuals with higher hopelessness levels had also higher test anxieties levels, seniors from private schools had higher test anxieties levels compared to students from state schools, female students had higher test anxieties levels, students from private schools had higher levels of emotionality compared to students from state schools, students from private schools also had higher levels of delusions, older students displayed higher test anxieties levels, older students' level of hopelessness were also higher, individuals who had mothers with college education or better, also had higher test anxieties levels, individuals with higher allowances also had increased levels of test anxieties. Key Words : Puberty, Hopelessness, Test Anxiety