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ERIC Number: EJ519862
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
Test Anxiety in Adolescents with Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders.
Swanson, Sue; Howell, Carol
Exceptional Children, v62 n5 p389-97 Mar-Apr 1996
This study investigated the relative influence on test anxiety of academic self-concept, cognitive interference (experience of task irrelevant thoughts), academic achievement, and study skills, with 82 adolescents with learning disabilities and behavior disorders. Results showed a positive relationship between test anxiety and cognitive interference and a negative relationship between test anxiety and study habits. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Learning Disabilities, Secondary Education, Self Concept, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Study Skills, Test Anxiety
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Cognitive Interference