THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEST ANXIETY AND LEARNED HELPLESSNESS

Akca F.

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY, cilt.39, sa.1, ss.101-111, 2011 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.1.101
  • Dergi Adı: SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.101-111
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: test anxiety, learned helplessness, achievement tests, students, Turkey, ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT, OPTIMISM, STUDENTS, CHILDREN, WORK
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The purpose in this study was to investigate the relationship between the test anxiety and learned helplessness levels of students preparing for the Turkish High Schools Placement Test (HSPT) and University Entrance Examination (UEE). The study was conducted with the participation of 708 students from Aksaray Province in Turkey, of whom 319 were preparing for HSPT and 389 were preparing for UEE. The Learned Helplessness Scale (Aydin, 1985; Seligman et al., 1984) and the Test Anxiety Scale (Baltas, 1993) were used to collect data. Although HSPT students scored higher than UEE students for levels of anxiety and learned helplessness, there was no significant difference between level of test anxiety and learned helplessness (r = 0.048).