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ERIC Number: EJ355010
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Preference for Course Difficulty and Test Anxiety: An Analysis of Classroom Personality Characteristics.
Strom, Bruce; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v12 n2 p87-94 Apr 1987
A personality construct, preference for course difficulty, was related to test anxiety in a sample of 62 graduate students. Path analysis indicated that trait anxiety directly affects test anxiety and that preference for course difficulty affects test anxiety. The preference for course structure construct was validated. (LMO)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Course Selection (Students), Difficulty Level, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Path Analysis, Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Test Anxiety
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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