Moderating role of defensive pessimism in the relationship between test anxiety and performance in a licensure examination

• Main Authors: Rob, Rene M., Bumanglag, Alyonna Marie L., Diwa, Genevie Mae A., Ponce, Guia Isabel
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11701
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study aims to determine if the dimensions of test anxiety, worry, and emotionality, can negatively predict test takers' performance in a licensure examination. It also aims to test if defensive pessimism can buffer these predictive relationships. The study involved 101 individuals who took...