期刊名称：International Journal of Social Sciences and Education
印刷版ISSN：2227-393X
电子版ISSN：2223-4934
出版年度：2015
卷号：5
期号：4
出版社：Federal College of Education
摘要：This study aimed to determine students' perceived sources of test anxiety. Participants in this study are Turkish uni- versity students. The sample consisted of 116 (37%) male and 196 (63%) female students aged 22 to 37 years (Mean: 26,7). To collect data, a questionnaire was used. According to the findings, the most important cause of test anxiety is fear of failure (N=60). Fear of being looked down upon is the other important cause of test anxiety (N=47). 19% of participants reported that test anxiety was due to insufficiency. Approximately 17% of students reported that tests are very important in their life. Responsibility for family and time are other important causes of test anxiety. 15% of the participants reported that uncertainty of test content is important for test anxiety. According to 11% of participants reported that test anxiety was due to uncertainty of test format. Approximately 10% of participants reported that fear of marking the wrong answer is a cause of test anxiety. Students indicated that fear of subjective evaluation and fear of forgetting what they know is other causes of test anxiety. 3,64% of the students reported that test anxiety was due to a disorder. Nearly 2,5% of students indicated that negative test experience and no prior experience are other causes of test anxiety. Another important result of this study was that girls had more test anxiety than boys. Results were discussed with other research related to test anxiety. Similar results were obtained with literature
关键词：anxiety; test anxiety; test emotions; tests; fear of failure
