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ERIC Number: EJ187999
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Worry, Emotionality, and Task-Generated Interference in Test Anxiety: An Empirical Test of Attentional Theory
Deffenbacher, Jerry L.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 70, 2, 248-54, Apr 78
Students scoring in the upper and lower distributions of the Test Anxiety Scale solved anagrams under high stress (evaluative) and low stress (nonevaluative) conditions. The high-anxiety-stress group reported greater anxiety; rated themselves, their abilities, and the task more negatively; solved fewer anagrams; and estimated spending less time on the tasks. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Arousal Patterns, Attention, Emotional Response, Higher Education, Performance Factors, Response Style (Tests), Self Evaluation, Stress Variables, Testing Problems
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Attention Theory; Test Anxiety Scale (Sarason); Text Anxiety