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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Gender differences in social and test anxiety
Santo Di NuovoFranco Di Mariasubject
Psychometricsmedia_common.quotation_subjectCognitionAcademic achievementmedicine.diseaseFear of negative evaluationSocial relationDevelopmental psychologyEmotionalitymedicineWorryPsychologyGeneral Psychologymedia_commonTest anxietydescription
Abstract Some cognitive and performance correlates of ‘worry’ and ‘emotionality’ components of test-anxiety were studied with particular reference to gender differences. An Italian adaptation of the Worry-Emotionality (W-E) Scale was administered to a sample of 99 high-school students, together with other scales devised to assess ‘Fear of negative evaluation’ and the subjects' perception of the real, ideal and social aspects of the Self. The Grade Point Average was taken as outcome measure of academic performance. The results show that in the male subjects, Worry correlates, as expected, with poor self-image and with negative academic performance; more complex correlations are found in females, whose Emotionality appears to have some facilitating effects on performance. A differential interpretation of the correlates of test-anxiety in the two sexes is proposed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-01-01 | Personality and Individual Differences |