Abstract
This entry provides a brief overview of current and recurrent issues in test anxiety theory, research, measurement, and clinical parameters. First, it provides a social backdrop for test anxiety research and presents several useful conceptualizations and distinctions, delineating key facets and components of test anxiety. Next, measurement and assessment issues focusing on self-report and alternative assessments are presented. Then, the anxiety-performance nexus is explicated and intervention programs for test anxious persons described. The entry concludes by highlighting areas of needed research.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, Personality Processes and Individuals Differences |
| Publisher | wiley |
| Pages | 445-449 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119547174 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781119057536 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 6 Nov 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Keywords
- Anxiety
- Evaluative anxiety
- School performance
- School phobia
- Test anxiety
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology