Globally the past two decades has seen a rising trend in the frequency and severity of psychiatric symptoms like anxiety and adjustment in college students [1][2][3]. Adjustment refers to individual's achieving an overall harmonious balance between the demands of various aspects of environment, such as home, health, social, emotional and school on the one hand and cognition on the other. Studies have reported that anxiety is one of the most common psychological disorders in school children and adolescents all over the world [4]. Studies have shown that anxiety affects cognitive ability, learning and performance in school-
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