THE EFFECTS OF ATYCHIPHOBIA (FEAR OF FAILURE) ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE AT HIGHER LEVEL

Abstract

This study will discuss about Atychiphobia (Fear of failure).Phobias are unreasonable fears about certain things or situations. Atychiphobia (Fear of failure) is so extreme that they completely paralyzed any person that is why students face difficulty to carry on any task at school, college and higher level. The scope of the study is to provide knowledge about the fears and help the students who faced Atychiphobia at higher level. This study underline the concept, causes, symptoms and effects on the student’s mental health at higher level. The researcher used Descriptive method. A sample size of this research is 100 students of higher level. The data collection tool is questionnaire which is collected from public and private universities of Karachi. The researcher has been selected two public institutes which are University of Karachi and Bahria University Karachi, two private institutes which are Jinnah University for Women Karachi and College of Physical Therapy (JPMC) Karachi. With the help of this study researcher helps the students how to cope up their problems and handle the obstacles which effects on their mental, physical and emotional health. The main motive of this study is to provide the proper guidance to the students which help in their personality grooming, and to solve their problems confidently.