TUDY OF ANXIETY AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO ‘TELLIGENCE AND SEX IN rh A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE Or MASTER PROGRAMME IN EDUCATION SUPERVISOR INVESTIGATOR Dr. Neelam Dhar Renu Bala M.Lid student Sr. Leet. ovt. P.G. College of Education Roll No. Ed-02/05 GOVERNMENT POST GRADUATE COLLEGF OF EDUCATION CANAL ROAD, JAMMU — 180006 (28077,Summary Supervisor Investigator Dr. Neelam Dhar Renu Bala Topic A study of anxiety in relation to intelligence and sex among higher secondary school students. Introduction: - Present education is child centered The ancient environment of Indian society was such type which ignored the fair sex. This ignorance created inferiority complexes among girls which caused anxiety. The girls have been dominated for a long time. Therefore, it is considered that the anxiety is more manifest among the girls than the boys. Keeping in view the above lines one of the challenging problems faced today seems to be that of accurate prediction of intelligence of boys and girls.The present age has been called the age of anxiety. It seems to be the dominant factor and is threatening to be the dominant cliché of modern life. Freud considered anxiety as the crucial problem of emotional and behaviour disorders. Anxiety occurs when the need of an individual ego are threatening. Generally, unformulated, uneasiness, apprehension which the individual holds. In view of these factors, it is of vital importance for an educator to understand the intelligence of bys and girls, for they need special attention in order to develop healthy personality to become creative and useful members of the society. This clearly stressed the need of the study of their anxiety level, their proper adjustment in school and in the society. Objectives of the study The main objectives of the present study are as: - 1. To identify students having high and low intelligence.2. To study whether significant difference exist in anxiety among high and low level of intelligence. 3. To study whether significant sex difference exist among adolescent boys and girls. 4. To study the double interactional effect of sex and intelligence on anxiety as the dependent variable. 5. To suggest some educational implications of the present study. Statement of the Problem: - In the light of the above facts the investigator selected the following problems for the present study: - A STUDY OF ANXIETY AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO INTELLIGENCE & SEX. Operational definitions of the term used: - 1. Anxiety: - It can be defined as a persisting or distressful Psychological ete arising from an inner conflict i 2. Intelligence: - Intelligence may be defined a a Sou sarits or organization of abilities to learn to grasp abroad and subtle facts especially abstract facts withalertness and accuracy to experience mental control and to display flexibility and ingenuity in seeking the solution of the problem. Hypothesis 1. There will be no significant differences in between high and low intelligent students in anxiety. 2. There will be no significant differences between male and female students in anxiety. 3. There will be no significant interactional effect of intelligence and sex on the dependent variable i.e. Anxiety