Aptitude, Anxiety and Academic Performance: A Moderator Variable Analysis
- 1 February 1967
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 20 (1) , 215-221
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1967.20.1.215
Abstract
To study the moderating effects of anxiety on the relationship between aptitude and performance, and the moderating effects of aptitude on the relationship between anxiety and performance the Alpert-Haber Achievement Anxiety Test was administered to freshman students, and scores on this test were correlated with measures of aptitude and academic performance. Significant values on the order of .20 were found between the anxiety scales and aptitude measures. While statistically significant, the correlations between anxiety and performance were far below those reported in the literature. The moderator analysis did not indicate that anxiety was differentially related to performance for different ability levels. There was some suggestion, however, that aptitude best predicts performance for students low in debilitating anxiety. Present and past findings were discussed in terms of differences in instruments, Ss, and criteria.Keywords
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