NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 to Develop a Scale to Identify Test Anxiety among Students with Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lufi, Dubi; Awwad, Abeer – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
The purpose of this article was to describe an initial step developing a new scale to identify individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and test anxiety. Eighty-eight students answered the "Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2" (MMPI-2). The participants were drawn from the following three groups: (a) adults with LD and test…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Test Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Test Validity
The Relationship between Fear of Failure and Learning Disabilities.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bryan, J. H.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
The "Test Anxiety Scale for Children" and the "Lie Scale for Children" were administered to 60 children, half of whom were defined by schools as learning disabled (LD). LD subjects were more anxious than the nondisabled, and their test anxiety was significantly related to reading and mathematics achievement scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Expectation, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Achievement
Test Anxiety and Its Effect on the Personality of Students with Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Lufi, Dubi; Okasha, Susan; Cohen, Arie – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2004
The purpose of this study was to look for personality variables that characterized young adults with learning disabilities and test anxiety. Fifty-four Israeli adults diagnosed with learning disabilities participated in the study, 24 of them were diagnosed as having test anxiety; 30 did not have test anxiety. The participants completed the Test…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Test Anxiety