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A comparative investigation of test anxiety, coping strategies and perfectionism between Australian and United States students
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posted on 2016-12-01, 00:00 authored by Bianca KavanaghBianca Kavanagh, S A Ziino, C Mesagno© NAJP. The purpose of this study was to ascertain if cross-cultural differences in test anxiety and personality characteristics (e.g., coping strategies, and perfectionism) associated with test anxiety exist between Australian and US students. University students from Australia (n = 89) and the United States of America (n = 143) completed test anxiety, coping strategy and perfectionism questionnaires. Results indicated no difference in test anxiety between the Australian and US samples, with females generally reporting higher test anxiety than males. Test anxiety was positively correlated with avoidant coping and socially prescribed perfectionism in both countries. This study was the first to compare Australian and US students on test anxiety, and provides indirect evidence that recent US test anxiety research may be generalised to the Australian population.
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North American journal of psychologyVolume
18Issue
3Pagination
555 - 569Publisher
American Pyschological AssociationLocation
Washington, D.C.ISSN
1527-7143Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2016, NAJPUsage metrics
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