scholarly journals Prediction of Self-Concept by Trait Anxiety and Basic Values in Childhood Period

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 591-613
Author(s):  
Necla ACUN KAPIKIRAN ◽  
Aysun GÜNDOĞAN
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2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 681-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Bektas ◽  
Candan Ozturk

This experimental study was aimed at examining the effect of health promotion education on the presence of healthy behaviors, self-concept and level of anxiety in primary-school-age children. A total of 120 students were given one lesson a week for 10 weeks. Data collection tools used in the study were the Positive Health Behaviors Scale (Hester, 1984), the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (Piers & Harris, 1969), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, 1973). The health promotion education given to the children was found to have a significant effect on their healthy behaviors and state-trait anxiety level but not on their self-concept.


2009 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grazia Ceschi ◽  
Rainer Banse ◽  
Martial Van der Linden

This study investigates the malleability of explicit and implicit anxiety through mental imagery. Sixty adults imagined themselves in an anxious, calm, or neutral situation. Thereafter, explicit state and trait anxiety were assessed with self-reports, and implicit anxiety was assessed with a variant of the Implicit Association Test. The results indicate that imagery manipulation changed state anxiety in the expected direction. Explicit trait anxiety and implicit anxiety, however, were found to be stable. These findings suggest that the implicit self-concept of anxiety has trait-like characteristics and is as stable against a short-term voluntary mental control strategy as an established explicit measure of trait anxiety.


Author(s):  
Melita Puklek Levpušček ◽  
Maja Cukon

The present study investigated relationships between statistics anxiety (SA), trait anxiety, attitudes towards mathematics and statistics, and academic achievement among university students who had at least one study course related to statistics in their study programme. Five hundred and twelve students from the University of Ljubljana completed the Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and answered questions about their perceptions of mathematics and statistics. The results showed below-average mean scores on the STARS dimensions, except for the Test and Class Anxiety with the average score around the midpoint of the scale. Female students reported higher levels of SA than male students did. The highest levels of SA were reported by students who perceived mathematics and statistics as a threat. The subscales of the STARS correlated positively with students’ trait anxiety. Students who reported less enjoyment in mathematics in high school perceived statistics to be a less worthy subject and had a lower computation self-concept. Students who had better mathematics performance in high school and higher average study grades also reported a higher computation self-concept. In the present study, we translated the STARS questionnaire into Slovenian and confirmed the six-factor structure of the questionnaire. The results provide a basis for further research on statistics anxiety and further validation of the STARS questionnaire. The results can also aid statistics teachers in better understanding students’ worries, fears, and attitudes towards statistics and in learning about the factors that affect students’ statistics anxiety and their work in the course.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Marisol Cueli ◽  
Celestino Rodríguez ◽  
Laura M. Cañamero ◽  
José Carlos Núñez ◽  
Paloma González-Castro

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with low levels of self-concept (academic, emotional, social or physical), although this association can differ in the function of the inattention or hyperactivity–impulsivity symptomatology. Furthermore, the relation between ADHD and self-concept can be mediated or moderated by the levels of anxiety. This work is aimed to examine the differential effect of inattention symptomatology and hyperactivity–impulsivity symptomatology on academic, emotional, social and physical self-concept and the mediating or moderating role of anxiety in this relationship. A total of 167 students (70.7% boys and 29.3% girls) aged between 11 and 16 participated in this study. Students’ ADHD symptomatology, self-concept in four areas (academic, emotional, social and physical self-concept) and trait anxiety were measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. The results indicate that trait anxiety mediates the relationship between inattention and emotional, social and physical self-concept but does not moderate this relationship. Trait anxiety does not mediate or moderate the relationship between hyperactivity–impulsivity symptoms and self-concept. When inattention symptomatology increases, academic self-concept decreases directly, but students’ emotional, social and physical self-concept decreases indirectly through trait anxiety.


1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen Kerr ◽  
Harold Minden

This study reports data regarding gymnastic injuries. Examined were the number, severity, and location of injuries, events associated with injury occurrence, relationship in time between occurrence and competition, and the perceptions of causes. In addition, this study investigated the relationships between the psychological factors of trait anxiety, locus of control, self-concept and stressful life events, and the occurrence of athletic injuries. The subjects were 41 elite female gymnasts and five national level coaches. There was a high rate of injury (83 %), primarily to the ankle region, with most injuries occurring during the floor exercise. The timing of injuries was related to the approach of competition. The data indicated that stressful life events were significantly related to both the number and severity of injuries. Significant relationships were not found between trait anxiety, locus of control, self-concept, and the injury measures.


Author(s):  
Izabela Sorić ◽  
Mira Klarin

The purpose of the research was to establish the relation between incompetence as a global self-concept and state and trait anxiety, as well as to confirm once more the metric characteristics of the EMAS-T and EMAS-S scales for measuring trait and state anxiety. The research was carried out on freshman at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar twice in the the period of two months (the neutral situation and the situation of taking exams).The results confirmed the two-factor structure of the EMAS-S scale (the cognitive-worry factor and the autonomic-emotional factor) and its high inner consistency. The expected one-factor structure of the subscale of the social evaluation of the EMAS-T scale did not show so that the results were interpreted according to some earlier research projects in which this scale had been applied (Sorić. 1995; Cvenić. 1995; Knežević. 1995; Gregov and associates 1995).In the situation of taking exams the most significant predictor of experienced state anxiety turned out to be the dimension of the social evaluation of trait anxiety, while self incompetence was on the borderline of significance. The results obtained during the research project generally support Endler’s interactive model of anxiety.


2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Demir ◽  
G. Karacetin ◽  
D. Eralp Demir ◽  
O. Uysal

AbstractPurposeTo define the prevalence and some of the psychosocial characteristics of social anxiety disorder (SAD) in an urban population of Turkish children and adolescents.Subjects and methodsThis was a two-stage cross-sectional urban-based study conducted in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. The initial sample included 1,482 students between the 4th and 8th grades. The first stage involved screening using the Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (SASC-R) and the Capa Social Phobia Scale for Children and Adolescents (CSPSCA). According to the test results, 324 children were interviewed using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) in the second stage.ResultsThe SAD prevalence rate was 3.9%. According to the multiple regression analysis, low paternal education and trait anxiety were associated with SASC-R scores, whereas female gender and trait anxiety were associated with CSPSCA scores. According to logistic regression analysis, the anxiety subscale of the self-concept scale and trait anxiety were associated with SAD.ConclusionSAD is a relatively common disorder that is associated with lower self-concept in children and adolescents. Low paternal education, trait anxiety, and low self-concept may be the intervention targets for SAD prevention and treatment.


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