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Book SynopsisBasic and Conceptual Issues.- An Introduction to the Domain of Test Anxiety.- The Nature and Phenomenology of Test Anxiety.- Models and Theoretical Perspectives.- Methodology: Research and Assessment Methods.- Current and Recurrent Issues in Conducting Experimental Test Anxiety Research.- Developing Self-Report Test Anxiety Instruments.- Origins, Sources, and Determinants of Test Anxiety.- The Origins and Development of Test Anxiety.- Situational Determinants of Anxiety in Evaluative Situations.- Subjective Determinants of Test Anxiety.- Consequences of Test Anxiety for Cognitive Performance.- Test Anxiety and Cognitive Performance.- Text Anxiety and Information Processing.- Individual Differences.- Individual and Group Differences in Test Anxiety.- Personal Correlates of Test Anxiety.- Coping, Interventions, and Clinical Parameters.- Coping with Test Situations.- Optimizing Procedures.- Emotion-Focused Behavioral Intervention Techniques.- Cognitive-Focused, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Cognitive-Skills Training Intervention Techniques.
Table of ContentsBasic and Conceptual Issues: An Introduction to the Domain of Test Anxiety. The Nature and Phenomenology of Test Anxiety. Models and Theoretical Perspectives. Methodology -Research and Assessment Methods: Current and Recurrent Issues in Conducting Experimental Test Anxiety Research. Developing Self-Report Test Anxiety Instruments. Origins, Sources, and Determinants of Test Anxiety: The Origins and Development of Test Anxiety. Situational Determinants of Anxiety in Evaluative Situations. Subjective Determinants of Test Anxiety. Consequences of Test Anxiety for Cognitive Performance: Test Anxiety and Cognitive Performance. Test Anxiety and Information Processing. Individual Differences: Individual and Group Differences in Test Anxiety. Personal Correlates of Test Anxiety. Coping, Interventions, and Clinical Parameters: Coping with Test Situations: Resources, Strategies, and Adaptational Outcomes. Optimizing Procedures. Behavioral Intervention Techniques. Cognitive-Focused and Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Techniques. Index.
