We look here at the benefits and shortcomings of several test anxiety scales: Spielberger Test Anxiety Inventory. Is the most widely used, and therefore the international standard. Scores items both positive and negative, so that left and right response bias does; not affect the scoring. The test anxiety construct is considered as a situation-specific trait accounting for individual differences in the extent to which people find examinations threatening (Spielberger & Vagg, 1995). The Test Anxiety Inventory for Children and Adolescents (TAICA). View the complete article as a PDF document.
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The study was a confirmatory investigation of the factor structure of the Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) proposed by Spielberger, Gonzalez, Taylor, Algaze, and Anton (1978). The subjects were 752 college students (200 men and 542 women; 10 subjects did not report gender). The viability of a two-factor (emotionality and worry) oblique model was examined as compared to a two-factor orthogonal model, a single-factor model, and a null model. Results clearly supported the two-factor oblique solution. In addition, the invariance of the TAI factor structure across gender was supported as results indicated that a two-factor oblique solution with equal loadings and equal factor covariances provided a good model fit across both men and women. It was noted that two particular items, though empirically confirmed, appeared to be placed on the wrong factors. In addition, the necessity for a twenty-item, as opposed to a sixteen-item, TAI was questioned as the internal consistencies (coefficient alpha) of the two versions were similar. Suggestions for possible revision of the instrument were made.
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Key Words: Emotionality, worry, TAI, confirmatory factor analysis
The Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) is widely used in research and practical settings and has particular application to the assessment and treatment of test anxiety in student populations. However, there are a number of instances in which a short version of the TAI would be more appropriate, especially when time constraints preclude the use of the full form. Similar short forms have been developed for other measures such as the State scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; T. M. Marteau & H. Bekker, 1992). The authors of the present study aimed to develop a short form of the TAI. The TAI was completed by 333 undergraduate psychology students. Item–remainder correlations were used to compare short forms with varying numbers of items. Internal consistency and concurrent and construct validity were assessed in hypothetical and actual examination conditions. A 5-item short form produced optimal reliability and validity, and a balance of items from the Worry and Emotionality subscales of the TAI. Further research is needed to replicate these results, but the 5-item short form of the TAI shows promise, particularly for contexts in which time demands preclude the use of longer versions.
Key Words: short form, Test Anxiety Inventory