Effects of an Inquiry-Based Short Intervention on State Test Anxiety in Comparison to Alternative Coping Strategies

Frontiers in Psychology

Ann Krispenz¹ 

关键词: educational psychology;    test anxiety;    cognitive appraisals;    inquiry-based stress reduction;    short intervention;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00201

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background and Objectives: Test anxiety can have undesirable consequences for learning and academic achievement. The control-value theory of achievement emotions assumes that test anxiety is experienced if a student appraises an achievement situation as important (value appraisal), but feels that the situation and its outcome are not fully under his or her control (control appraisal). Accordingly, modification of cognitive appraisals is assumed to reduce test anxiety. One method aiming at the modification of appraisals is inquiry-based stress reduction. In the present study (N = 162), we assessed the effects of an inquiry-based short intervention on test anxiety.

【 授权许可】

CC BY