Development and Initial Evaluation of a Measure of Writing Anxiety.

Autor/inn/en	Petzel, Thomas P.; Wenzel, Marc U.
Titel	Development and Initial Evaluation of a Measure of Writing Anxiety.
Quelle	(1993), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Correlation; Empathy; Evaluation Methods; Expressive Language; Higher Education; Literature Reviews; Organization; Psychometrics; Self Esteem; Student Motivation; Test Construction; Test Items; Undergraduate Students; Writing (Composition); Writing Skills; Writing Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Korrelation; Empathie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Organisation; Organisationsstruktur; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Schulische Motivation; Testaufbau; Test content; Testaufgabe; Schreibübung; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Writing test; Schreibtest
Abstract	A Writing Anxiety Scale (WAS) was developed. A literature review and interviews with writing instructors identified nine components of writing behavior (Empathy, Expression, Evaluation by Others, Motivation, Organization, Procrastination, Self-Esteem, Technical Skills, and Writing Anxiety). A pool of 146 items were written to reflect the components. Eight raters sorted the items into the 9 categories; 103 items with an agreement of 6 or better were retained. In experiment one the WAS, the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist (MAACL) Anxiety Scale, and a self-rating scale of behavioral sketches of the subscales were given to 117 undergraduates. Analyses of frequency of endorsement, Cronbach's alpha, and correlations with experimental scale support sufficient psychometric strength to warrant further refinement. In experiment two, 91 subjects replicated the psychometric properties of the WAS found in experiment one. Convergence with a measure of Writing Apprehension and a Writer's Block Questionnaire were demonstrated. (Contains 8 references and 5 tables.) (Author/SLD)
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