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Brief Research Report - Text Anxiety in Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Neville J. King ,
Leesa Tinney  and
Angelique Mietz
Neville J. King*
Affiliation:
Monash University
Leesa Tinney
Affiliation:
Monash University
Angelique Mietz
Affiliation:
Monash University
*
School of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton Victoria 3168
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Abstract

A large sample of adolescents were screened for test anxiety using the Test Anxiety Scale for Children (TASC). Subjects with low and high scores on the TASC were then compared in a structured clinical interview (Interview Schedule for Children, ISC). The high test anxious adolescents showed a significantly greater preponderance of disorders, particularly anxiety disorders. We argue that these findings have implications for counsellors and psychologists working in school settings.

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Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , May 1995 , pp. 30 - 32
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1995

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