Evidence of Convergent and Discriminant Validity of TAI-State: Influence of Pre-exam Coping Strategies

• Autor: Dominguez-Lara, Sergio Alexis
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistas.upc.edu.pe:article/547
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upc.edu.pe/index.php/docencia/article/view/547
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: test anxiety; pre-exam coping; university students; validity; reliability; ansiedad ante exámenes; afrontamiento pre-examen; estudiantes universitarios; validez; confiabilidad; ansiedade diante de testes; enfrentamento pré-teste; estudantes universitários; validade; confiabilidade

The objective was to find out the degree to which the pre-exam coping strategies (PECS) influence the Test Anxiety (TA) – State (TA-State) in psychology students in order to obtain convergent and discriminating evidence from the TAI-State. The study included 156 psychology students (115 women) from a private university in Metropolitan Lima, ages ranging from 18 to 42 (M = 22.51). The instruments used were: Test Anxiety Inventory-State (TAI-State) and the Coping with Pre-Exam Anxiety and Uncertainty-Brief (COPEAU-B), which evaluates four strategies. A confirmatory factor analysis was used to verify reliability and validity; while structural equation models were used to assess the research model. After the structural regression analysis, the PECSs explain 13.3% of the variance of the TA-State, with task-oriented and search for social support for instrumental reasons strategies as the most influential (β = -.212 and β = .320). The theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed.