Agentic Engagement and Test Anxiety: The Mediatory Role of the Basic Psychological Needs | Zendy

Farnaz Mehdipour Maralani | Zendy; Azre Shalbaf | Zendy; Masoud Gholamali Lavasani | Zendy

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Agentic Engagement and Test Anxiety: The Mediatory Role of the Basic Psychological Needs

Author(s) -

Farnaz Mehdipour Maralani,

Azre Shalbaf,

Masoud Gholamali Lavasani

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244018772884

Subject(s) - psychology , structural equation modeling , competence (human resources) , anxiety , test anxiety , test (biology) , autonomy , cluster sampling , social psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , sociology , paleontology , psychiatry , biology , population , demography , machine learning , political science , law

Despite the role of agency in schools, few researchers have addressed the issue. The present study aims to analyze the relationship between agentic engagement, basic psychological needs, and test anxiety by using structural equation modeling. For this purpose, 289 female students in math-physics and basic sciences were selected as the samples by using multistage cluster sampling. Reeve and Tseng’s aspects of students’ engagement during learning activity, La Guardia’s et al. basic psychological needs, and Ahvaz test anxiety scale were used as data collection tools. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that agentic engagement positively influenced the basic psychological needs such as autonomy, competence, and relatedness while it could negatively affect test anxiety with the mediatory role of basic psychological needs. In conclusion, agentic engagement can be regarded as a critical variable in affecting the basic psychological needs and reducing test anxiety.

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