Examines relationships between family environment, discrepancies between the "actual" and the "desirable" environment, and children's test and trait anxiety. Main findings reveal that children's levels of anxiety were negatively correlated with dimensions of family environment and positively correlated with discrepancy between "actual" and "desirable" environment. The importance of school counselors addressing family issues when treating test-anxious children is discussed. (Contains 67 references and 4 tables.) (GCP)