Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Anxiety manipulation in school-based research. |
| Authors: |
Buck, Robert |
| Source: |
Psychology of Education Review. Autumn2016, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p10-16. 7p. |
| Subjects: |
Anxiety in adolescence, Adolescent psychopathology, Emotions in adolescence, Psychological stress -- Social aspects, Stress management, Teenagers, Secondary education |
| Abstract: |
This paper describes the issues surrounding the implementation of a modified version of the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), designed to manipulate anxiety under controlled conditions with adolescents in a schoolbased context. Such a procedure has utility in test anxiety research and associated interventions; however the manipulation of anxiety in educational settings provides practical and ethical challenges. An experimental design was employed with performance evaluation threat as the independent variable. Participants (N=30) were randomly allocated to low or high performance evaluation threat conditions; state anxiety was measured immediately pre- and post-experimental procedure. The procedure was successfully implemented and demonstrated a significant effect on participants' anxiety levels. This paper shows it is both practically and ethically feasible to conduct research involving anxiety manipulation in a school-based context. The protocols employed have utility in research into the underlying causes of, and interventions for, test anxiety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
