期刊
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
卷 33, 期 4, 页码 1887-1906出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-021-09601-0
关键词
Test anxiety; Test performance; Worry; Mathematics; Education
资金
- University of Graz
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [I2425-G16, P30050-GBL]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P30050] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
The study found that interference and lack of confidence in test anxiety independently predicted test performance, while worry and arousal were not independent factors explaining test performance. These results suggest educators to reconsider the role of worries in explaining the test anxiety-performance link and to help identify students who may underperform on tests.
The inverse relationship between test anxiety and test performance is commonly explained by test-anxious students' tendency to worry about a test and the consequences of failing. However, other cognitive facets of test anxiety have been identified that could account for this link, including interference by test-irrelevant thoughts and lack of confidence. In this study, we compare different facets of test anxiety in predicting test performance. Seven hundred thirty university students filled out the German Test Anxiety Inventory after completing a battery of standardized tests assessing general intelligence and mathematical competencies. Multiple regressions revealed that interference and lack of confidence but not worry or arousal explained unique variance in students' test performance. No evidence was found for a curvilinear relationship between arousal and performance. The present results call for revisiting the role of worries in explaining the test anxiety-performance link and can help educators to identify students who are especially at risk of underperforming on tests.
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