Anxiety may HELP with academic success: New study claims anxious students are less likely to drop out of school

Anxious students are more likely to graduate high school on time than peers

The study contradicts prior research that shows a positive correlation between anxiety and the risk of dropping out 

Researchers founds students without anxiety were 10% more likely to not have finished high school than their anxious classmates

The researchers conducted a longitudinal study of 5,469 students in Quebec

Anxious students are more likely to graduate high school on time than their peers, a new study claims.

The Canadian study claimed that students with high levels of anxiety were 10 percent more likely than their classmates to have graduated by two years after the normal time high school ends.

The findings shocked the team of researchers, who noted that prior studies have shown that increased levels of anxiety actually increase the risk of dropping out.

Anxiety is defined as a state of uneasiness or apprehension about future uncertainties, or a fear of an event or situation that could be perceived as being threatening. 

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A Canadian study claimed that students with hig

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