The level of anxiety disorder of students majoring in pre-school education and primary education of Dong Thap University

Ngoc Thang Dinh1, Van Khanh Duong2,
1 Faculty of Social Science Education, Dong Thap University, Vietnam
2 Faculty of Culture - Tourism and Social work, Dong Thap University, Vietnam

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The article approaches the basic theoretical foundation of anxiety disorders, on which “Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)” and “Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS- 42)” are used to measure the levels of anxiety disorder of 260 primary school and pre-school education students in Education Faculty - Dong Thap University. The research result aimed to clarify student’s level of anxiety disorder, level of anxiety, depression and stress (factors impacting on anxiety disorder). Thereby, it examined the correlation between the factors of anxiety, depression and stress with student’s anxiety disorder.

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