Effect of Study Habits on Test Anxiety and Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students

The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of study habits on test anxiety and academic achievement of undergraduate students. A purposive sample comprised of 180 undergraduate students (84 boys and 96 girls) was drawn from a public university. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated that study habits have a significant effect on test anxiety and academic achievement. The findings revealed that students having effective study habits experience low level of test anxiety and perform better academically than students having ineffective study habits. It was also indicated that girls experience higher level of test anxiety as compared to boys. The findings also highlighted that girls exhibit better study habits and excel more academically than boys. Correlation analysis indicated significant positive relationship between study habits and academic achievement and test anxiety was negatively correlated with academic achievement and study habits. These findings highlighted the need to improve study habits of undergraduate students in order to overcome test anxiety and improve their academic achievement.