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Article Title: Sources of Academic Anxiety Among Undergraduate Students Contemporary Study Between Private and Government Universities
by Emad Ata. Shahrouri

Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to define Academic Anxiety and identify some of its major sources among undergraduate students from Private and Government Universities in Dubai, and to compare the identified Anxiety Sources. Furthermore, to examine significant Academic Anxiety differences. The study sample consists (150) Undergraduate students from private and government Universities, (74) male and (76) female. Data is collected through a paper based questionnaire that consists of (43) items categorized into five domains of academic anxiety study, emotional, social, Foreign Language, and Parental expectations sources. Based on the means related to the sources of Academic Anxiety, the results showed that the five identified Academic Anxiety domains range from: Study Anxiety, Foreign Language Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Emotional Anxiety, and Parental Expectations. Means and Std. Deviation, and T-test were calculated to analyze data, revealing that Study Anxiety Source is dominant in Private Universities compared to Government Universities; while no statistical significance is noted with respect to the Emotional and Social Sources. A relatively significant statistical variance is revealed vis-�-vis Foreign Language Source between Private and Government in favor of Private Universities. Parental Expectations is significant in Private Universities as compared to Government Universities. The study provides a number of recommendations that are incorporated to help undergraduate students cope and deal with the major Academic Anxiety Sources is displayed in this paper.

Keywords: anxiety, academic anxiety, sources, stress, undergraduate students

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