Controlling Thought and Its Relationship to Fear of Academic Failure among Graduate Students

Abstract

The present study aims to examine thought control and its relationship with the fear of academic failure among graduate students. Additionally, it seeks to explore the differences in the relationship between thought control and fear of academic failure among graduate students based on gender (male and female).

To achieve this objective, the study utilized the Thought Control Scale developed by Wells and Davies (1994), which consists of 30 items. Furthermore, the Fear of Academic Failure Scale, developed by Abdul Ali (2018), comprising 26 items, was employed. Both scales were administered to a randomly selected sample of 112 students.

The findings revealed that thought control and fear of academic failure are not influenced by gender. Based on these results, the study presents a set of recommendations and suggestions.