Test Anxiety, Stress, and Social Support

Abstract

Three experiments were carried out dealing with the relationships among test anxiety, stress, and social support. In the first experiment, social support was defined in terms of the opportunity for social association with peers. In the second, it was defined as contact with an experimenter who displayed acceptance and empathy. The dependent measure was the ability to solve difficult intellective problems. In the third, measures of both performance and self-preoccupation were obtained for groups differing in access to social association. Social support had an especially positive effect on the performance of highly test anxious subjects and seemed to reduce self-preoccupation. The results were discussed in terms of the role played by social support in the ability to cope with stress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 02, 1981
Accession Number
ADA097633

Entities

People

  • Irwin G. Sarason

Organizations

  • University of Washington

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
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  • Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Uss Carl Vinson
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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