A Qualitative Study of the Emotion of Fear and Its Impact on the Life of a College Student

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract | 03 | Introduction | 04 | Review of Literature | 05 | Analysis | 08 | Conclusion | 11 | References | 12 | ABSTRACT The emotion of fear can have a very deep impact on a student’s life. This paper attempts to isolate the factors that cause and affect fear in the life of a student of Christ University, Bangalore through a qualitative study. The study uses the work of Timothy A. Pychyl, Karl Albrecht, Nicole E. Reder and Jason L. Tyler. The paper uses the quantitative approach of survey by selecting a sample size of 50 across deaneries and minimizing gender biases. The research paper attempts to isolate factors of fear based on their prevalence, their generality and the common concerns that entail a student’s academic life and performance in the University sphere. The paper distributes the factors to assess how students respond to fear individually and how each factor impacts their academic performance. The paper assesses fear in an academic sphere only without taking into account variables like personal stress or medical conditions that can increase fear and thus inadvertently induce stress that builds up from fear. The paper proves that fear can be a motivating factor for most students who use fear to achieve success and gain excellence. A few students are not happy by the presence of fear and they see fear as a factor that pulls them down. This paper does not bring into account the remedy of fear or how to channelize fear but just takes into account the factors that cause fear. The paper is based more on introspective methods rather than qualitative factoring. The paper has been attempted to be eliminate subjectivity as much as possible, even in assessment of student responses. INTRODUCTION Fear is an emotion induced by a threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and

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