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ERIC Number: ED398278
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1996-Apr
Pages: 37
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An Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Item Parcels for Testing the Structure of Test Anxiety among Israeli-Arab High School Students.
Nasser, Fadia; Takahashi, Tomone
The structure and the levels of test anxiety among Israeli-Arab high school students were examined using the Arabic version of I. G. Sarason's (1984) Reactions to Tests scale. The questionnaire was administered before a math examination to 226 female and 195 male students. The results of confirmatory factor analyses using eight item parcels consisting of three items each indicated that the four-factor model of Sarason fit the data best for both male and female students. Multiple group confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the number of factors, factor loading, and item residuals were invariant across gender. Latent mean analysis showed that girls reported higher test anxiety levels than boys in "worry,""tension," and "bodily symptoms," but not in "test irrelevant thinking." (Contains 1 figure, 5 tables, and 36 references.) (Author/SLD)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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