Examination-induced distress in a public examination at the completion of secondary schooling

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-197

  Hodge, Glenda M ^b   McCormick, John ^a   Elliott, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346579976     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1997.tb01236.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (1992). English and non-English speaking people in Australia & Sydney. Basic Community Profile (Sydney). Catalogue No: 2722.1
2. Becker, P. (1982). Fear reactions and achievement behaviour of students approaching an examination. In H. W. Krohne & L. Laux (Eds), Achievement, Stress and Anxiety, (pp. 275-290). Washington: Hemisphere.
3. Bernard, M. E. (1990). Taking the Stress out of Teaching. Melbourne: Collins-Dove.
4. Cairns, E., McWhirter, L., Barry, R. & Duffy, V. (1991). The development of psychological well-being in late adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 32, 635-643.
5. Carpenter, P. G. & Western, J. S. (1982). Aspirations for higher education. Australian Journal of Education, 26, 266-278.
6. Culler, R. E. & Holahan, C. J. (1980). Test anxiety and academic performance: the effects of study-related behaviours. Journal of Educational Psychology, 72, 16-20.
7. Deffenbacher, J. L. (1980). Worry and emotionality in test anxiety. In I. G. Sarason (Ed), Test Anxiety: Theory, Reseach and Applications. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
8. Folkman, S. & Lazarus, R. S. (1985). If it changes it must be a process: a study of emotion and coping during three stages of a college examination. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48, 150-170.
9. Frydenberg, E. & Lewis, R. (1993). Adolescent Coping Scale: Administrators Manual. Hawthorne, Vic: Australian Council for Educational Research.
10. Goldberg, D. P. (1972). The Detection of Psychiatric Illness by Questionnaire. London: London University Press.
11. Hair, J. F., Anderson, R. E., Tatham, R. L. & Black, W.C. (1992). Multivariate Data Analysis. New York: Macmillan.
12. Hodge, G. M., Jupp, J. J. & Taylor, A. J. (1994). Work stress, distress and burnout in music and mathematics teachers. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 64, 65-76.
13. Houston, B., Fox, J. E. & Forbes, L. (1984). Trait anxiety and children's state anxiety, cognitive behaviours and performance under stress. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 8, 631-641.
14. Humphrey, J. H. (1988). Teaching Children to Relax. Springfield. IL: Thomas Books.
15. Kagan, A. & Levi, L. (1974). Adaptions of the psychosocial environment to man's abilities and needs. In L. Levi (Ed), Society, Stress and Disease, Vol. 1. London: Oxford University Press.
16. Kerlinger, F. & Pedhazur, E. (1973). Multiple Regression in Behavioural Research. London: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
17. Lazarus, R. S. (1981). The stress and coping paradigm. In C. Eisendorfer, D. Cohen A. Kleinmis & P. Maxim (Eds), Models for Clinical Psychopathology, (pp. 177-214). New York: McGraw Hill.
18. Marsh, H. W. (1991) Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ) III: A Theoretical and Empirical Basis for the Measurement of Multiple Dimensions of Late Adolescent Self-concept: An Interim Test Manual and a Research Monograph. Faculty of Education, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur.
19. Morris, L. W., Davis, M. A. & Hutchings, C. H. (1981). Cognitive and emotional components of anxiety: literature review and a revised worry-emotionality scale. Journal of Educational Psychology, 73, 541-555.
20. Phillips, B. (1978). School Stress and Anxiety. New York: Human Sciences Press.
21. Pitman, T. & Jukes, R. (1982). Coping with student stress at HSC. Interview, 7, 22-29.
22. Ploeg, H. M. van der (1982). The relationship of worry and emotionality to performance in Dutch schoolchildren. In R. Schwarzer, H.M. van der Ploeg & C. D. Spielberger (Eds), Advances in Test Anxiety Research (Vol. 1). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
23. Sarason, I. G. (1975). Test anxiety and the self-disclosing coping model. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 43, 148-153.
24. Sarason, I. G. (1980). Life stress, self-occupation and social supports. In I. G. Sarason & C. D. Spielberger (Eds), Stress and Anxiety. Washington: Hemisphere.
25. Sarason, I. G. (1984). Stress, anxiety and cognitive interference: reactions to tests. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 929-938.
26. Schwarzer, R. (Ed) (1986). Self Related Cognitions in Anxiety and Motivation. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
27. Spielberger, C. D. (1972). Anxiety as an emotional state. In C. D. Spielberger (Ed), Anxiety: Current Trends and Research (Vol. 1). New York: Academic Press.
28. Spielberger, C. D. (1983). Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.
29. Spielberger, C. D., Gorsuch, R. L. & Lushene, R. E. (1970). Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Self-Evaluation Questionnaire). Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.
30. Wine, J. D. (1980). Cognitive-attentional theory of test anxiety. In E. G. Sarason (Ed), Test Anxiety: Theory, Research and Applications. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
31. Winefield, H. R., Goldney, R. D., Winefield, A. H. & Tiggemann, M. (1989). The General Health Questionnaire: reliability and validity for Australian youth. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 23, 53-58.