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Download full textMeyers, Joel; Martin, Roy P. – 1972
Sixty-one introductory psychology students were randomly assigned to two experimental treatment which consisted of either high or low ego-involving instructions. The entire experimental procedure, including the administrations of Spielberger's Trait Anxiety Inventory and State Anxiety Inventory, is elaborated. Results support the notion that state…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Peer reviewedKing, F. J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
Suggests that A-Trait may have a direct influence on achievement in addition to influencing it through A-State. Results confirmed expectations that A-Trait is relatively stable over time and that A-State is less stable. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Graduate Students, Learning
Maes, Wayne R.; Heimann, Robert A. – 1970
The relative effectiveness of client-centered, rational-emotive, and desensitization therapies in reducing test anxiety among high school students was investigated. The sample was drawn from 2336 students in grades 10 through 12 who were administered the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Thirty-three subjects with high State…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Counseling, Criteria, Educational Psychology
Peer reviewedHeinrich, Darlene L. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
The relationship between anxiety and learning was examined within the context of drive theory and trait-state anxiety theory. Results indicated that trait anxiety had a causal influence on state anxiety and on test performance. The possibility of a reciprocal relationship between state anxiety and performance was suggested. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Anxiety, Cognitive Ability
