Abstract:
The purpose of this research were: 1) to study the level of social support, emotional quo tient , hardiness and academic anxiety of first year students at Kasetsart university, Bangkhen campus: 2) to investigate academic anxiety by personal factors: 3) to study the correlation between social support, emotional quotient, hardiness and academic anxiety of first year students at Kasetsart university, Bangkhen campus. Samples were 381 of first year students which were selected by stratified random sampling. The research tools were questionnaires and analyzed by using computer package program. The statistical procedures were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t -test, F-test, multiple comparison ( LSD) , Pearsons product moment correlation coefficient. The results of the study were as followed: 1) level of social support, emotional quotient and hardiness were high but academic anxiety was moderate.; 2) first year students who had different in gender had difference in academic anxiety which was statistical significant at .05; 3) total social support, emotional quotient and hardiness were not correlated to academic anxiety. While social supports components either emotional or instrumental ha d negative correlated to academic anxiety; either appraisal or information had positive corr elated to academic anxiety: emotional quotients components; understand emotion had negative correlated to academic anxiety.