Assessing academic anxiety in d/Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing individuals.

ABSTRACT: Students encounter many challenges to academic success. Whereas some students thrive in stressful environments, other students falter. Some students also encounter social and emotional factors that might detract from academic achievement, including negative emotions like stress and anxiety. Academic anxieties refer to negativity, nervousness, and avoidance associated with different academic domains, such as math anxiety, science anxiety, test anxiety, trait (general) anxiety, and writing anxiety. Not only do individuals with high academic anxiety experience stress, but high academic anxiety is associated with decreased academic performance in the specific domain. On average, d/Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing (DDBHH) people show decreased academic performance compared to hearing popula

SUBMITTER: Pizzie RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12894224 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature