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TEST ANXIETY AND THE “ELEVEN‐PLUS” EXAMINATIONS
Author(s) -
SARNOFF IRVING,
SARASON SEYMOUR B.,
LIGHTHALL FREDERICK F.,
DAVIDSON KENNETH S.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1959.tb01469.x
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , test anxiety , clinical psychology , test (biology) , developmental psychology , psychiatry , biology , paleontology
S ummary . After a brief review of our previous work in the area under investigation, the results of two studies which bear upon the validity of the Test Anxiety Scale (TA) are reported. Both studies involved the 11+ examinations. In the first study, it was predicted that TA scores would increase as children moved closer in time to the 11+ examinations. In the second study it was predicted that there would be a small but statistically significant negative correlation between TA scores and performance on the 11+ examinations. The obtained results failed to confirm either of these predictions. Drawing upon other empirical data which have been gathered as part of a research programme on the correlates of anxiety, several alternative interpretations of the findings are advanced.