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Self-Esteem and Optimism as Mediators in the Relationship Between Test Anxiety and Life Satisfaction Among a School-Based Sample of Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2018

Özkan Çikrıkci Open the ORCID record for Özkan Çikrıkci [Opens in a new window] ,
Evren Erzen  and
İlknur Akistanbullu Yeniçeri
Özkan Çikrıkci*
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
Evren Erzen
Affiliation:
Department of Primary Education, Faculty of Education, Artvin Çoruh University, Artvin, Turkey
İlknur Akistanbullu Yeniçeri
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Artvin Çoruh University, Artvin, Turkey
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Address for correspondence: Özkan Çikrıkci, PhD, Ordu University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences Ordu/Turkey. Email: ozkanc61@hotmail.com
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The aim of this research was to assess the mediating role of self-esteem and optimism in the correlation between test anxiety and life satisfaction. The study group comprised 201 females (50.6%), 185 males (46.6%) and 11 students without stated gender (2.8%) for a total of 397 high school students. The ages of adolescents included in the study group varied from 14 to 19, with a mean age of 16.09 (SD = 1.09). The research used the Test Anxiety Inventory, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Self-Esteem Scale, Life Orientation Test and a personal information form developed by the researchers as data collection tools. According to the results of correlation analysis, there were significant correlations between test anxiety, self-esteem, optimism and life satisfaction. According to the mediation test results, self-esteem and optimism have full mediating roles in the correlation between test anxiety and life satisfaction. The results obtained are discussed with reference to the literature.

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test anxietylife satisfactionself-esteemoptimismmediation test

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , June 2019 , pp. 39 - 53
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