Document Type : Research Paper
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PhD. Student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
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Professor, Department of educational Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
This research has been conducted with the aim of mediating the role of study habits in the relationship between emotional arousal and test anxiety among female students of the second secondary school. The descriptive research method was correlation type. The statistical population of this research consists of all the female students of the second secondary school in Kerman city, about 4700 people who were studying in the academic year 2021-2022, of which 354 people were selected as a sample by stratified random method according to the size of the classes. Sarason's test anxiety questionnaires (1957), Huston's study skills questionnaire (2013), and Marvin Zuckerman's excitement seeking questionnaire (1978) were used to collect data. Data analysis was done with spss24 and Amos24 software and single sample t-test, multiple regression, Sobel test and structural equation modeling were used. The research findings, while confirming the proposed research model, showed that there is a significant relationship between emotional arousal, exam anxiety and study habits among female students. The results of the Sobel test show that study habits play a mediating role in the relationship between emotional arousal and exam anxiety of students. There is an inverse and significant relationship between study habits and exam anxiety among female students, and the most important predictors of students' exam anxiety are motivation and attitude, exam preparation techniques, concentration and memory, time management and organization, and Information processing.
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