Test anxiety and sensitivity to reward and punishment among a sample of Grade six primary pupils (comparative correlational study)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant professor, Faculty of Art, Assuit University

2 PhD Researcher,psychologist Faculty of Art, Assuit University

Abstract

The aim of current study is to validating the psychometric caractreristics of test anxiety scale and sensitivity to reward and punishment scale, and aimed to define the relation between test anxiety and sensitivity to reward and punishment among sixth primary students, besides identify the differences according to the difference to gender (male/ female) on test anxiety and sensitivity to reward and punishment. The study tools applied to sample of sixth primary students and the sample was obtained from some public and distinguished language schools in Assiut governorate. Sample of the study consists of 329 (168 male / 161 female) their age range 11-12 (M= 11.6, SD = 0.4). Results of the study show that scales of the study have good psychometric properties in egyption society according to the sample. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences on the test anxiety scale and the differences were in the male orientation, The results also found that there were significant differences on the overall degree of sensitivity to the reward and punishment and the two factors impulsivity and drive and the differences in the direction of the female, While there were no significant differences between males and females on the sensitivity of punishment and reward responsitivity as another two factors of the sensitivity scale of reward and punishment, The results also showed a positive correlation between the total degree of test anxiety and the overall degree of sensitivity to reward and punishment and its sub-factors (sensitivity to punishment, impulsivity, drive, reward responsitivity).

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