Test and Math Anxiety: A Validation of the German Test Anxiety Questionnaire

• Authors: Kerstin Schnell , Ana Nanette Tibubos , Sonja Rohrmann , Volker Hodapp
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The present study investigated the construct validity of the Test Anxiety Questionnaire (Prüfungsangstfragebogen PAF; Hodapp, Rohrmann, & Ringeisen, 2011), a revised and shortened version of the German Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-G), by comparing it with math anxiety. A sample of German fi fth- and sixth-grade students (N = 79; 61 % male) was analyzed. Math anxiety was measured by a German adaptation of the Math Anxiety Questionnaire (Fragebogen für Rechenangst FRA; Krinzinger et al., 2007). A signifi cant but moderate correlation between test anxiety and math anxiety was found. In regression analyses, math anxiety predicted math performance whereas test anxiety explained additional variance for both math and overall performance. It can be concluded that math and test anxiety have overlaps, but do not constitute the same construct. Thus, the results support the construct validity of the PAF indicating its usefulness in practical application.

Keywords

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test anxiety; math anxiety; PAF; construct validity

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 193-200

Contributors

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Kerstin Schnell

• Department of Psychology Goethe University Frankfurt, PEG Gebäude, Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Phone: [phone]

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Ana Nanette Tibubos

• Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Sonja Rohrmann

• Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Volker Hodapp

• Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany