Effects upon Anxiety, Depression, and Hostility of Postponement of an Examination
- 1 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 23 (3_suppl) , 1051-1054
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1966.23.3f.1051
Abstract
This study investigated the effects upon affective responses of students when a course examination was postponed twice. 44 students in a college English class were given the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL) two days before the scheduled examination and were asked to fill it out every day for 2 wk. as a study of moods. Results indicated a rise in anxiety, depression, hostility for each exam day but a decline in intensity over the 3 exam days. Compared to students who did well on the exam, poor students were generally more hostile, were made more hostile by the imminent examination, and remained more hostile on the day following the exam.Keywords
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