Test anxiety : the state of the art / Moshe Zeidner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeidner, Moshe.

Series:

Perspectives on individual differences.

Perspectives on individual differences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Test anxiety.

Stress (Psychology).

Test anxiety--Treatment.

Test anxiety--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (463 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 1998.

Place of Publication:

New York : Plenum Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examination stress and test anxiety are pervasive problems in modern society. As the information age continues to evolve, test scores will become even more important than they are today in evaluating applicants for demanding jobs and candidates for admission into highly competitive educational programs. Because test anxiety gen- ally causes decrements in performance and undermines academic achievement, the development of effective therapeutic interventions for reducing its adverse effects will continue to be an important priority for counselors, psychologists, and educators. Alleviating test anxiety will also serve to counteract the diminished access to edu- tional and occupational opportunities that is frequently experienced by test-anxious individuals. As its title promises, this volume provides a state-of-the-art evaluation of the nature, antecedents, correlates, and consequences of examination stress and test anxiety. Professor Zeidner’s cogent and comprehensive analysis of the affective, cognitive, somatic, and behavioral manifestations of test anxiety are grounded in the extensive knowledge he has gained from his own research on the assessment and treatment of test anxiety. This work has also benefitted from the author’s lo- standing and productive collaboration with leading contributors to test anxiety theory and research, and his active participation in national and international conferences devoted to understanding test anxiety, including those convened by the Society for Test Anxiety Research (STAR).

Contents:

Basic and Conceptual Issues

An Introduction to the Domain of Test Anxiety

The Nature and Phenomenology of Test Anxiety

Models and Theoretical Perspectives

Methodology: Research and Assessment Methods

Current and Recurrent Issues in Conducting Experimental Test Anxiety Research

Developing Self-Report Test Anxiety Instruments

Origins, Sources, and Determinants of Test Anxiety

The Origins and Development of Test Anxiety

Situational Determinants of Anxiety in Evaluative Situations

Subjective Determinants of Test Anxiety

Consequences of Test Anxiety for Cognitive Performance

Test Anxiety and Cognitive Performance

Text Anxiety and Information Processing

Individual Differences

Individual and Group Differences in Test Anxiety

Personal Correlates of Test Anxiety

Coping, Interventions, and Clinical Parameters

Coping with Test Situations

Optimizing Procedures

Emotion-Focused Behavioral Intervention Techniques

Cognitive-Focused, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Cognitive-Skills Training Intervention Techniques.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-428) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-20699-3

9786610206995

0-306-47145-0

OCLC:

923695926