Is it normal for children to be anxious as soon as they arrive at the exam? What caused it?

Children are anxious as soon as they arrive at the exam, which is a common psychological adaptation obstacle and not a normal phenomenon. The causes of test anxiety are genetic quality, cognitive evaluation ability, knowledge reserve and external factors.

It is not normal for children to be anxious as soon as they arrive at the exam. Inspired by a certain test-taking situation, influenced by individual cognitive evaluation ability, personality tendency and other physical and mental factors. Children's anxiety about exams is usually manifested as anxiety, defense or evasion, relative tension and excitement, or memory impairment. They are usually very familiar with the knowledge points, but when they arrive at the examination room, they can't remember anything and their thinking is confused. Psychological intervention should be carried out to enhance the ability to resist pressure.

Causes of test anxiety 1. Genetic quality

The characteristics of genetic factors determine the characteristics of nervous system and restrict people's psychological activities. People with fragile nervous system are more likely to have nervous reactions under certain circumstances. Therefore, if children are influenced by their parents' genes, it is very understandable that they are anxious about exams.

If the child has exam anxiety, then don't blame the child blindly, because the reason may be the parents. If parents' nervous system is sensitive and fragile, it will also have a great impact on their children.

2. Cognitive evaluation ability

Whether the exam can cause children's anxiety is directly related to their own cognitive evaluation ability. If children regard exams as very important, or regard a certain exam as the only way to decide their future and destiny, such as the college entrance examination, then exam anxiety will be more serious.

This is because children put a lot of pressure on themselves, take the exam very seriously and feel that their level is not up to standard, so they will have anxiety.

3. Knowledge reserve

If a student studies very hard, has solid basic skills, prepares well for the exam and reviews very well, then he will have confidence in himself and make steady progress in the examination room. However, if students are not so confident about their knowledge and think that they may not meet expectations, they will be more prone to nervousness, lack of confidence, fidgeting and anxiety in the examination room, and may even fail to play their previous normal level.

4. External factors

In addition to their own factors, students' anxiety about exams is also influenced by external factors, mainly family, school and society.

Parents have high expectations for their children. If children can't meet their parents' requirements, they may get tired of studying and taking exams and aggravate their anxiety.

Sometimes, in order to pursue the enrollment rate unilaterally, schools often hold exams, quizzes every few days and big exams every month, blindly paying attention to scores and ranking students, which often makes children fall into the anxiety of exams.

The pressure of social competition is great. Exam-oriented education leads children to attach great importance to their grades, especially the entrance examination, which invisibly adds a lot of mental pressure to children and makes them more anxious about exams.

Parents should not blame their children when their exam results are not satisfactory. They should help children adjust their emotions, inspire self-confidence, eliminate tension and anxiety, so that children can reach the best test-taking state and play normally or even exceed the normal level.