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How can Students Reduce Exam Stress

When studying for exams students are normally under a lot of pressure and commonly confonted with exam stress. Exam period is extremly stressful for many students and some of them are so stressed that they undeperfom, but this doesn't occur because the lack of their abilities but because they have to cope with high level of exam stress. They are under a pressure of possible failure, or unsuccess which results in underperformance.

Causes of exam stress

Exam stress is result of many causes, student emotions combined with their thought and several other factors can create high levels of exam stress. Thre of the most common factors are Competition, Negative Thinking and Low Self Confidence.

Competition
This is important factor that can result in exam stress because during that period there is more competition amongst students. This might be because the results of exam will play important rule in acceptance for higher levels of education. Higher exam results can also ensure prolonging or getting new scholarship and other potential consequences of failing exam or achieving lower scores than other students can create exam stress.

Negative Thinking
Be positive and avoid negative thinking.nNegative taughts that occur during exams are important factor that causes exam stress. You shouldn't think how difficult is the exam, how long is the study literature , how hard it is to acquire all the neccessary knowledge or how failure will result in less prosperous future. Start thinging on the positive side of the situation and evaluate what are the advantages of passing the exam not dissadvantages of failure. Only by positive thinking and focus on our goals we can reduce the pressure of exam stress and in some cases even prevent it from evolving.

Lack of Self Confidence
This is probably one of the main factors that cause exam stress as well as other types of stress. It means that student dosen't percive his skills and capabilities good enough to be able to pass the exam. Low Self Confidence comes from the subjective belief of person about who they are, this belief is usually result of fear that student has about the inability of passing the exam because the lack of knowledge. Therefore it is important for student to get higer self confidence and become imune to this important cause of exam stress.

So how can the student reduce exam stress?

First of all every individual has to work on self confidence, if you have high self confidence then you are less susceptible to exam stress. Remember the power comes from within you and when you will think that you are capable of passing the exam reduction of stress will occur.

Second you have to start thinking positive and eliminate the negative thoughts. Be focused on your goals and stop being concentrated only on problems and potential negative consequences of failing the exam.

The last proposition is to stop thinking how strong is the competition but try to focus on your self first. Start thinking how are you prepared for the examination and what are your skills. If your skills are good enough and you are prepared for examination the competition factor will be less important and examination stress at low levels.