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Head, L. Quinn; Knight, Carol Bugg – 1988
The effects of trait anxiety (stable anxiety resulting from personality characteristics pre-disposing an individual to anxiety) and test difficulty on state anxiety (transitory anxiety resulting from situations regarded as difficult or dangerous) and test difficulty perception of 25 undergraduates were studied. The Test Anxiety Inventory was used…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Personality Traits
