Korean Journal of Family Medicine

"Test Anxiety"

Original Articles

The Intervening Role of Alexithymia in the Relationship between Attachment Styles and Test Anxiety among Gifted High School Students: Esfandiar Sepahvand, Ali Zakiei, Keivan Rafieian, Saeid Roumani, Saeid Komasi, Soheyla Reshadat; Korean J Fam Med 2015;36(4):174-179. Published online July 17, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2015.36.4.174

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Background

Given the importance of test anxiety among gifted students, the present study was conducted to assess the intervening role of alexithymia in the relationship between test anxiety and attachment styles.

Methods

By means of simple random sampling, 300 participants were selected out of all the students at two high schools in Khorramabad, which are affiliated with the Iranian National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (SAMPAD). Test anxiety, alexithymia, and attachment style questionnaires were used for data collection. Pearson correlation and path analysis tests were used to analyze the data.

Results

The results showed a positive relationship between test anxiety and avoidant and anxious attachment styles. Alexithymia and test anxiety were also positively related. Moreover, the results indicated that 12% of changes in test anxiety were explained by avoidant and anxious attachment styles as well as alexithymia. The relationship between the avoidant attachment style and test anxiety was 0.06 through alexithymia. However, no significant relationship between anxious attachment and test anxiety through alexithymia was found.

Conclusion

The avoidant attachment style leads to test anxiety when the level of alexithymia increases in an individual.

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The relationship between test anxiety and family adaptability, cohesion of high school students.: Cheol Ho Park, Yun Sub Yang, Myoung Ae Park, Young Woo An, Joo Sung Park; J Korean Acad Fam Med 2000;21(12):1534-1543. Published online December 1, 2000

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Background
: As Koreans have had great enthusiasm for education traditionally, most students have excessive anxiety about tests and such anxiety may cause several physical and psychological problems. But there are few studies on the relationship between test anxiety and family function. Therefore, in this study, we tried to figure out the relationship between test anxiety and family function in order to treat and educate patents who have excessive test anxiety.

Methods : In a survey study, the Korean Version of Test Anxiety Inventory and Olson's FACESIII was administered to the 220 second year high school students of a single high school who live in Pusan. Two groups of students with high and low test anxiety levels (52 in each group) were selected based on the test anxiety scale ratings and analysis of their family adaptability and cohesion.

Results : In FACES III adaptability of high test anxiety group, there were 15 cases(28.8%) for rigid, 23 cases(44.2%) for structured, 11 cases(21.2%) for flexible and 3 cases(5.8%) for chaotic familes. In that of low test anxiety group, 2 cases(3.8%) for rigid, 16 cases(30.8%) for structured, 24 cases(46.2%) for flexible and 10 cases(19.2%) for chaotic familes. In FACES III cohesion of high test anxiety group, there were 2 cases(3.8%) for disengaged, 14 cases(26.9%) for separated, 20 cases(38.5%) for connected and 16 cases(30.8%) for enmeshed familes. In that of low test anxiety group 18 cases(34.6%) for disengaged, 22 cases(42.3%) for separated, and 8 cases(15.4%) for extreme familes. In that of low test anxiety group 24 cases(46.2%) for balanced, and 22 cases(42.3%) for mid-range and 6 cases(11.5%) for extreme familes.

Conclusion : Cohesion scale of high test anxiety group was higher than of low test anxiety group and adaptability scale of low test anxiety group was higher than that of high test anxiety group.