Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
College
College of Education and Human Services
Department
Learning Sciences and Human Development
Committee Chair
Floyd L. Stead.
Committee Co-Chair
Patricia Haught
Committee Member
Richard T. Walls
Abstract
The research regarding overall general test anxiety and sex difference is contradictory at best. There is no clear answer to the research question concerning general test anxiety and sex difference according to the literature. An experiment using the modified Suinn Test Anxiety Behavior Scale (1971) was conducted to detect differences between the sexes with regard to test anxiety. There was no overall significant difference between the genders; however, when a multivariate regression was conducted to account for variability contributed by age and class, there was a statistically significant difference. This finding can be perceived as an indication that it is not gender alone that causes significant differences in general test anxiety. More research must be conducted to isolate the variables accounting for significant differences.
Recommended Citation
Fiore, Angela Marie Josephine, "Gender differences in test anxiety" (2003). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 844.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/844