Research - Academic Anxiety Resource Center

Our Research

Research is central to our efforts to manage academic anxiety at the AARC. On this website, we share our own research publications related to academic anxiety as well as publications from other researchers across the globe. In this section, you will also find a page dedicated to research materials and instruments that have aided our studies.

If you are conducting research on academic anxiety and would like to share an abstract of your work, please use the “Contact Us” page to send us your materials with full citation and we will add them to our collection.

Much of our research is conducted through the Research Design Studio (RDS) on the 4th floor of Teacher’s College. Visit “Research Design Studio“ to learn more about our partnership with the RDS at Ball State University.

Important note: While Academic Anxieties are indeed barriers to optimal thriving in schools and other educational settings, there is no clinical identification for Academic Anxiety or Test Anxiety.

The researchers supporting AARC are not qualified to give advice pertaining to clinical anxieties, such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, or any other diagnosed psychological condition. If your feelings of worry are constant, severe, interfere with your daily functioning, and/or have many different academic and non-academic causes, please seek help from a licensed counseling professional.

If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please contact professional support immediately. In the U.S., you can call 911, go to the nearest emergency room, or call one of the following hotlines:

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 to reach a volunteer Crisis Counselor.

Ball State University Student Resources:

Ball State University Police - 765-285-1111

Ball State Counseling Center for non-emergency counseling help