An Analysis of the Causes of Test Anxiety in Secondary School and University Students

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10.2991/978-2-38476-018-3_11How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Exam anxiety; Psychology of Education; Statistical analysis; Psychological Health; Test of variability

Abstract

In recent years, test anxiety has become one of the main subjects of research in the field of education. Test anxiety is a common psychological phenomenon during students’ growth and development. Therefore, this paper aims to prevent the negative effects of test anxiety at its root by examining the causes of test anxiety in secondary school and university students.

In this paper, 200 secondary school and university students were used as subjects to study the factors that influence test anxiety. The perspective of the study is both endogenous and exogenous. The endogenous factors were mainly related to physiological causes, with factors such as the degree of HPA axis activity and hippocampal development as the main indicators. In terms of exogenous factors, personality, and parental relationships were measured. After reliability and validity tests, all three large variables in this study met the criteria needed for the study. The results showed that: a) Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) and Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) showed significant differences between school levels, with the TAI at the high school level being significantly higher than at the middle school and college levels, while the PBI at the middle school level was significantly lower than at the high school and college levels; b)The TAI of seniors in high school is significantly higher than others; c) Big Five Inventory (BFI) showed significant differences under the indicator of monthly household income, with the personalities of children with a monthly household income of less than RMB 10,000 and between RMB 10,000 and 20,000 forming a significant difference to the personalities of families with a monthly household income of 50,000 or more.

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AU  - Wendi Yang
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DA  - 2023/03/01
TI  - An Analysis of the Causes of Test Anxiety in Secondary School and University Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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