Differences in School Achievement and Analysis of Personality Characteristics of Students Living in Rural and Urban Regions

In the first part of the article, a theoretical perspective is given to the variables of the research. The presence of statistically significant associations between personality traits (introversion - extraversion, test anxiety and intelligence) and school achievement among the urban and rural communities has been examined. The second part of the article explains how were obtained the data used in this study. Variables were measured by personality questionnaires and tests. Spielberger's Student Test Anxiety Questionnaire, Eysenck's Personality Questionnaire for Children, and Raven's Progressive Color Matrices. School success was determined by the average grade of the students at the end of the school. Eighty students from rural and eighty students from urban areas and a total of 160 students took part in our study from the third and fifth class students studying in Novi Pazar (Serbia). By comparing the average school achievement of students from rural areas and those in urban areas, we found that the differences were not statistically significant. Consistent with the results of previous studies, the differences between students in rural and urban areas were statistically significant, with intelligence being determined based on the results. A statistically significant difference at test anxiety was found by examining the differences between the students at the rural and the urban areas. The students of the urban areas have a higher degree at the test anxiety than the students from the rural areas. According to the results of this study, there was no statistically significant difference between rural and urban students in the level of the dimensions introversion – extraversion.