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Autor/inn/en | Bertrams, Alex; Englert, Chris |
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Titel | Test anxiety, self-control, and knowledge retrieval in secondary school students. |
Quelle | In: Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychologie, 46 (2014) 4, S. 165-170Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0049-8637; 2190-6262 |
DOI | 10.1026/0049-8637/a000111 |
Schlagwörter | Wissen; Angstbewältigung; Sekundarbereich; Schüler; Prüfungsangst; Leistung; Selbstkontrolle |
Abstract | The relationship between anxiety and performance has been found to depend on momentary self-control strength. In a sample of secondary school students (N = 136), the authors examined whether this finding can be generalized to knowledge retrieval. First, participants' test anxiety was assessed and their self-control strength was experimentally manipulated, and then they completed a standardized vocabulary test as a measure of knowledge retrieval. While knowledge retrieval was not a function of test anxiety or self-control strength, the interaction of both variables predicted the knowledge demonstrated. In line with previous research, students with low self-control strength performed worse the more test anxious they were. In contrast, anxiety was unrelated to vocabulary performance in students with high self-control strength. This pattern is interpreted such that test anxiety only hampers knowledge retrieval when self-control cannot be used to compensate for anxiety-related attentional deficits. This finding suggests that thorough preparation does not guarantee good test grades. (ZPID). |
Erfasst von | Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier |
Update | 2015/2 |