Predicting Test Anxiety based on the Academic Self-Efficacy, Difficulty in Emotion Regulation and Alexithymia

Authors

    Asma Fooladi Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Tabaran Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran
    Narjes Khatoon Zabihi Hesari Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
    Aliakbar Pirzad Instructor of the Educational Science Department of Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
    Farahnaz Jameinezhad * PhD of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran drjameinezhad@gmail.com

Keywords:

Test Anxiety, Alexithymia, Academic Self-Efficacy, Difficulty in Emotion Regulation

Abstract

Background and Objective: Test anxiety is one of the problems and challenges that students, especially female students, face. Therefore, the present research was conducted with the aim of predicting test anxiety based on the academic self-efficacy, difficulty in emotion regulation and alexithymia.

Methods and Materials: The present study was a cross-sectional from type of correlation. The population of this study was female students in the second period of high school in District 1 of Mashhad city in the 2024-5 academic years, which from them 400 people using multistage cluster sampling method were selected as samples. The instruments of the present research were included demographic information form, test anxiety questionnaire (Sarason, 1957), academic self-efficacy questionnaire (Jinks and Morgan, 1999), difficulty in emotion regulating scale (Gratz and Roemer, 2004) and Toronto alexithymia scale (Bagby et al., 1994). The data of this study were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression with a enter model in SPSS-27 software.

Findings: The findings indicated that academic self-efficacy had a significant negative relationship with test anxiety and difficulty in emotion regulation and alexithymia had a significant positive relationship with test anxiety (P<0.01). Also, the variables of academic self-efficacy, difficulty in emotion regulation and alexithymia were able to significantly predict 55% of the changes of test anxiety that the contribution of academic self-efficacy was greater than other variables (P<0.001).

Conclusion: According to the results of the present research, to reduce test anxiety can provide the basis for increasing academic self-efficacy and reducing difficulty in emotion regulation and alexithymia through educational workshops.

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2025-07-20

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Predicting Test Anxiety based on the Academic Self-Efficacy, Difficulty in Emotion Regulation and Alexithymia. (2025). Journal of Psychological Dynamics in Mood Disorders. https://maherpub.com/pdmd/article/view/534