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The Interaction Effects on Test Anxiety of Elementary School Students by Academic Self-Efficacy and Test Anxiety Coping Styles

초등학생의 시험불안에 대한 학업적 자기효능감과 시험불안 대처방식의 상호작용효과

  • Yang, Yeon-Suk (Department of Education and Counseling for Children, Daejeon University) ;
  • Kwon, Jung-Im (Department of Education and Counseling for Children, Daejeon University)
  • 양연숙 (대전대학교 아동교육상담학과) ;
  • 권정임 (대전대학교 아동교육상담학과)
  • Received : 2011.10.01
  • Accepted : 2011.12.02
  • Published : 2012.01.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the interaction effects of children's academic self-efficacy and to test their anxiety coping style in terms of their test anxiety. We conducted a questionnaire survey with 193 sixth-graders in an elementary school. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, the children were more worried about emotionality to test anxiety, and used problem-focused coping significantly more frequently than emotion-focused coping. In addition, female children demonstrated more emotionality and worry about test anxiety and used emotion-focused coping for test anxiety more frequently. Second, emotionality was higher when emotion-focused coping was used. In the case where the level of problem-focused coping was high, emotionality was higher when academic self-efficacy was high. Children's worry was lower when the level of problem-focused coping was high and when the level of emotion-focused coping was low. In female children, however, worry increased when the level of problem-focused coping was low and the level of emotion-focused coping was high.

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