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Kühl, Tim; Münzer, Stefan – Educational Psychology, 2023
According to the multimedia principle, adding relevant pictures to text is beneficial for learning. This beneficial effect is particularly true for text depicted in pictures (illustrated text information) but not for a text that is not illustrated in pictures (non-illustrated text information). The multimedia principle was examined for…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Pictorial Stimuli, Fear, Entomology
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Storozuk, Andie; Retanal, Fraulein; Maloney, Erin A. – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2023
Comparison shopping is good financial practice, but situations involving numbers and computations are challenging for consumers with math anxiety. We asked North Americans (N = 256) to select the better deal between two products differing in volume and price. As predicted, math anxiety was negatively related to performance on this Price Comparison…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Money Management, Consumer Economics, Cognitive Processes
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Németh, Lilla; Bernáth, László – Educational Assessment, 2023
The Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS) is a unidimensional scale designed to measure the cognitive aspect of test anxiety. The instrument has been adapted in several countries, and convincing psychometric properties have been found; however, uncertainties remain regarding its factor structure. Therefore, the aim of this study is twofold: to…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, Measures (Individuals), Factor Structure
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Dominguez-Sanchez, Francisco J.; Lasa-Aristu, Amaia; Amor, Pedro J.; Holgado-Tello, Francisco P. – Assessment, 2013
The aim of this study was to validate a Spanish version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-S), originally developed by Garnefski, Kraaij, and Spinhoven. To date, it is the only available instrument that permits a conceptually pure quantification of cognitive strategies of emotional regulation. A sample of 615 students (25…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Spanish, Questionnaires, Cognitive Processes
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Curl, Krista – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2008
In this outcomes study (N=40), changes in stress levels were compared across two participant conditions for a period of artistic activity with a cognitive focus on either a personally stressful or positive situation. Results indicated that participants in the positive-focus condition demonstrated a significant decrease in stress, whereas…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Stress Management, Art Activities, Cognitive Processes
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Tennyson, Robert D.; Woolley, F. Ross – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Emotional Response
DeVito, Anthony J. – 1984
Research into fluctuations in anxiety before and after a threatening event suggests that anxiety may decrease as the anticipated threat draws near. To investigate the experience of actual test anxiety (TA) compared to its anticipation and recollection, 502 college students completed 10-item alternate forms (A and B) of the State Trait Anxiety…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Expectation, Feedback