Authors
1 Faculty member, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 PhD Student, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the scope of epidemiology of test anxiety and the relations of self-efficacy and locus of control with it as moderated by intelligence in Ahvaz high school students
To study the epidemiology of test anxiety, 3109 high school students were selected from their population by a simple random sampling method. The participants completed the test anxiety inventory. Also for hypothesis testing, 340 high school students were selected by a simple random sampiñig method. The subjects completed the self-efficacy scale, locus of control inventory and intelligence test. The results showed the rate of epidemiology of test anxiety to be 17.4% in study sample. The epidemiology of test anxiety in girl students (22%) was proved to be higher than that of the boy students (12.8%) and in Local Arab students (18.7%) higher than local persian students (16.4%). The results of hypoteses showed that, test anxiety is negatively related to self-efficacy (r=-0.29) and locus of control (r=-0.24) intelligence variable being controlled. Also, the result of multiple regression showed that the multiple correlation coefficients between predictive variables (self-efficacy, locus of control and intelligence) and criterion variable (test anxiety) was statistically sigificant.
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