Etalonarea Inventarului pentru Evaluarea Anxietăţii faţă de Testare (TAI) pe un lot românesc de elevi de liceu
Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) Standardization on a Group of Romanian High School Students

Summary/Abstract: Test anxiety has generated a rich literature focused on its causes, specific psychological manifestations, as well focused on its consequences upon individual functioning. Test anxiety is frequently encountered among elementary school pupils, high school students, undergraduates, as well in adult population. There is a large number of measurement scales for the cognitive, emotional and behavioral manifestations of test anxiety. Among these, the Test Anxiety Inventory/TAI proposed and developed by Ch. D. Spielberger is widely used both for the research purpose, and the test anxiety assessment in school/university population. The aim of this paper is to present the stages undertaken in TAI inventory standardization on a group of Romanian high school students. The TAI was responded to by 1574 students from eight high schools, out of which 831 girls and 743 boys. The data indicated a good internal consistency. Between the scores of the girls and those of the boys there were statistically significant differences. On the other hand, statistically significant differences between inventory scores of students of different grades were found. In the last section of paper, the norms are presented separately for girls and boys, as well for different grades.

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