1. Effect of Academic Self-Efficacy on Test Anxiety of Higher Vocational College Students: The Chain Mediating Effect
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Jia,Jicheng, Ma,Yongchao, Xu,Shengnan, Zheng,Jiaqi, Ma,Xinli, Zhang,Yuzhen, Sun,Weijuan, and Liu,Lizhi
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Psychology Research and Behavior Management - Abstract
Jicheng Jia,1,2 Yongchao Ma,3 Shengnan Xu,1 Jiaqi Zheng,2 Xinli Ma,2 Yuzhen Zhang,2 Weijuan Sun,2 Lizhi Liu2 1Department of Education, The National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 2Department of Talent Development and Continuing Education, Shandong Shengli Vocational College, Dongying, Shandong, Peopleâs Republic of China; 3Computer Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USACorrespondence: Jicheng Jia, Tel +86 15689138097, Email wabajjc@163.comObjective: This study aimed to investigate the impact of academic self-efficacy on test anxiety among higher vocational students, as well as the role of sense of life meaning, fear of failure, and gender difference in mediating this relationship.Methods: A total of 2231 higher vocational students from Shandong Province were surveyed by means of Academic Self-efficacy Questionnaire, Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and Test Anxiety Scale.Results: There were significant negative correlations among academic self-efficacy, sense of life meaning, and test anxiety. Fear of failure was positively correlated with test anxiety. Sense of life meaning and fear of failure played a mediating role in the relationship between academic self-efficacy and test anxiety. The chain mediating effect was significant only in the female group, not in the male group. In contrast, academic self-efficacy indirectly predicted test anxiety by the independent mediating effect of sense of life meaning or fear of failure in the male group.Conclusion: Academic self-efficacy may influence test anxiety through the independent mediating effect of sense of life meaning, fear of failure, and the chain mediating effect, and there is a gender difference in these effects.Keywords: higher vocational students, academic self-efficacy, sense of life meaning, fear of failure, test anxiety
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- 2023