Test-Induced Anxiety With Children
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 39 (4) , 409-413
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa3904_15
Abstract
Thirty-five elementary school children received the WISC, Rorschach, CAT, and Sentence Completion Test in counterbalanced order with a test-test interval of approximately 24 hours. State and trait anxiety measures were assessed immediately prior to and immediately following each test administration. Results indicated that state anxiety measures increased significantly following administration of the more ambigious and school related assessment tests, namely the Rorschach and WISC. In contrast, the more structured, less amorphous CAT and Sentence Completion Test, did not induce any significant changes in state anxiety. In all cases, trait anxiety measures remained relatively stable. Implications for assessment techniques with children were discussed.Keywords
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