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Mental well-being and test anxiety among students preparing for the university admission exam during the pandemic

OBJECTIVE: The present study attempted to explore any potential association between test anxiety and mental well-being among high school students preparing for the university admission exam in times of the pandemic. METHODS: The sample of this correlational study consisted of 427 senior high school...

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Autores principales: Yatkin, Eleyza, Aral, Neriman, Gunes, Lugen Ceren, Tosun, Selim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10403067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37546443
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1184788
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author Yatkin, Eleyza
Aral, Neriman
Gunes, Lugen Ceren
Tosun, Selim
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description OBJECTIVE: The present study attempted to explore any potential association between test anxiety and mental well-being among high school students preparing for the university admission exam in times of the pandemic. METHODS: The sample of this correlational study consisted of 427 senior high school students in Caycuma district of Zonguldak, Turkey. The data were collected online using a demographic information form, the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale, and the Westside Test Anxiety Scale between April–May 2021. RESULTS: Our findings revealed student gender, paternal education, availability of a personal room and computer, and motivation for online classes to be factors associated with test anxiety. Besides, we discovered parental age, maternal education and employment, the device used for online classes, perceived effectiveness of distance education, and motivation for online classes to be linked with mental well-being among students. CONCLUSION: In a nutshell, several factors were discovered to contribute to test anxiety, including student gender, paternal education, availability of a personal room and computer, and motivation for online classes. The findings also suggested some noteworthy factors influencing students’ mental well-being, such as parental age, maternal education and employment, the device used for online classes, perceived effectiveness of distance education, and motivation for online classes. Finally, we uncovered a significant negative association between the participating students’ test anxiety and mental well-being.
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spelling pubmed-104030672023-08-05 Mental well-being and test anxiety among students preparing for the university admission exam during the pandemic Yatkin, Eleyza Aral, Neriman Gunes, Lugen Ceren Tosun, Selim Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVE: The present study attempted to explore any potential association between test anxiety and mental well-being among high school students preparing for the university admission exam in times of the pandemic. METHODS: The sample of this correlational study consisted of 427 senior high school students in Caycuma district of Zonguldak, Turkey. The data were collected online using a demographic information form, the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale, and the Westside Test Anxiety Scale between April–May 2021. RESULTS: Our findings revealed student gender, paternal education, availability of a personal room and computer, and motivation for online classes to be factors associated with test anxiety. Besides, we discovered parental age, maternal education and employment, the device used for online classes, perceived effectiveness of distance education, and motivation for online classes to be linked with mental well-being among students. CONCLUSION: In a nutshell, several factors were discovered to contribute to test anxiety, including student gender, paternal education, availability of a personal room and computer, and motivation for online classes. The findings also suggested some noteworthy factors influencing students’ mental well-being, such as parental age, maternal education and employment, the device used for online classes, perceived effectiveness of distance education, and motivation for online classes. Finally, we uncovered a significant negative association between the participating students’ test anxiety and mental well-being. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10403067/ /pubmed/37546443 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1184788 Text en Copyright © 2023 Yatkin, Aral, Gunes and Tosun. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Yatkin, Eleyza
Aral, Neriman
Gunes, Lugen Ceren
Tosun, Selim
Mental well-being and test anxiety among students preparing for the university admission exam during the pandemic
title Mental well-being and test anxiety among students preparing for the university admission exam during the pandemic
title_full Mental well-being and test anxiety among students preparing for the university admission exam during the pandemic
title_fullStr Mental well-being and test anxiety among students preparing for the university admission exam during the pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Mental well-being and test anxiety among students preparing for the university admission exam during the pandemic
title_short Mental well-being and test anxiety among students preparing for the university admission exam during the pandemic
title_sort mental well-being and test anxiety among students preparing for the university admission exam during the pandemic
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10403067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37546443
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1184788
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