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Abstract

Present study was attempted to examine the relationship among psychological courage, selfdetermination and Examination Phobia among male and female graduate students. This 
systematic quantitative research was based on cross sectional research design. The hypothesis 
raised was whether there is significant relationship among psychological courage, selfdetermination and Examination Phobia among male and female graduate students. This is 
further hypothesized that psychological courage, self-determination are likely to predict 
Examination Phobia in graduate students. Total seven hundred forty four (n=744) students 
were taken from undergraduate programs of various universities of Pakistan, belonging both 
from rural and urban set up by using non probability purposive sampling. The sample 
comprised of age group 18-50 years of students. The scales used to collect data, included 
Demographic Information Questionnaire, Courage Scale-23, The AIR Self Determination 
Scale and Westside Test Anxiety Scale. The analysis was executed through SPSS version 
23.00. The findings reveal that psychological courage was highly related to the self 
determination of graduate students because psychological courage deals with the ability to 
face problems courageously and bravely and stand up against odds. Also self-determination 
entails the innate ability to give boost to one’s self to achieve any goal or destination which is 
again positively correlated with psychological courage but it is not correlated with 
Examination Phobia which showed that Examination Phobia has no relationship with 
psychological courage and self-determination of male and female graduate students. These 
findings carry significant implications for clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, 
health psychologists and counsellors.

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