Theoretical Framework of The Study
Theoretical Framework of The Study
Theoretical Framework of The Study
The theory that the researchers adopt in this study is the Academic Stress
Theory by Campbell-Phillips, Halder, & Hasib (2020), which states that personal
failure can be problematic. It is more likely to occur when an individual anticipates that
failure is likely to be aversive, and under those circumstances, the person delegates
control to others, searches for approval, or fears disapproval from others (De Castella,
Byrne, & Covington, 2013). Irrespective of the cause of the fear, students tend to desire
to protect their self-esteem should their performance not reach expectations, and the
long-term effect of this type of fear is for the individual to experience diminished intrinsic
motivation and feelings of uneasiness (Crocker, Luhtanen, Cooper, & Bouvrette, 2003;
Zuckerman & Tsai, 2005). The most common characteristic associated with fear of
failure does not involve negative personal feelings but rather the negative social stigma
2020). Moreover, positive psychology constructs of grit and growth mindset may solve
this challenge as both are associated with psychological resilience. A growth mindset
describes people's underlying beliefs about the malleability of intelligence, and grit
cognitive learning domains, and the daily interaction is a building block of teacher-
2017).
will emphasize how academic stress encompasses a wide range of stressors, also