Effects of Anxiety on Testing Performance
Mullen, Taylor
Mullen, Taylor
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Anxiety is prevalent in childhood and symptoms can impact testing performance, such that moderate levels can facilitate higher performance (demonstrated in college student samples), whereas high levels can be impairing (demonstrated in clinical samples). We examine this performance-anxiety symptoms association for the first time in early childhood. Thirty-three children ages 4-8 were administered IQ subtests and parents reported on their anxiety. We found a significant correlation between child anxiety symptoms and a spatial reasoning performance test, but not other IQ subtests. Anxiety accounted for 35% of the variance of that performance, but only for older children in the sample.
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2022-01-01