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 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Model and Theories: Measurement and Assessment: Personality Processes and Individual Differences: Clinical, Applied, and Cross-Cultural Research: Volume 1-4 |
| Publisher | wiley |
| Pages | 445-449 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Volume | 1-4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118970843 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781118970744 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 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