The relationship between the sleep quality of the exam anxiety of high school students in different high school type

The sleep quality and exam stress, which are known to have a great impact on students' academic achievement, physical and psychological status, have a greater importance especially in high school senior students. The sampling of this research, which aims to examine the relationship between exam anxiety and sleep quality of high school senior students, is 240 high school senior students studying in different high school types in İstanbul. In this study, qualitative research patterns, situation and action research patterns were used. In the research, interview technique was used as data collection technique and the data were obtained by directing the "Personal Information Form", "Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index", "Exam Anxiety Scale" to the participants. Preliminary and advanced analyzes of the obtained data were made with SPSS program. For this purpose, the data were subjected to independent sample t test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Bonferroni post-hoc tests. According to the findings reached in the research; According to the type of school that the students study, it is observed that the exam anxieties differ significantly and this differentiation is in favor of science high school students. When the exam anxiety averages of the schools were examined, it was determined that the highest average was Science high school, then Anatolian high school students, and Vocational and Technical high school students and Anatolian Religious high school students had the lowest exam anxiety average. In addition, a significant and very high level of relationship was determined between the participants going to different high schools and the hours of sleep. It is determined that 100% of students going to Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School sleep at 19.00-21.59, while 93.3% of Science High School students sleep at 01.00-03.00. It has been concluded that students 'sleep quality is also effective on exam anxiety and students' poor sleep quality causes many problems. At the end of the study, some suggestions were made to those who were interested in the research findings and it was stated that the need to improve the sleep quality of the students and to improve the exam stresses to normal levels was expressed. Key Words: Sleep, Sleep Quality, Anxiety, Exam Anxiety, High School Senior Students.