General and Test Anxiety, Shyness, and Grade Point Average of Elementary School Children of Divorced and Nondivorced Parents

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ID13675443
AuthorsGarrett Call (North Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative, Phillipsburg, Kansas, corresponding author), JOE BEER (North Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative, Phillipsburg, Kansas), John Beer (North Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative, Phillipsburg, Kansas)
Year1994
Volume74
Issue2
Pages512-514
Publication date1994-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1994.74.2.512
PMID8197288
OpenAlexW1969354379
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited5

116 boys and girls in elementary Grades 4, 5, and 6 were administered the General Anxiety Scale, Test Anxiety Scale, and the Shyness Scale. Their GPAs were obtained from school records as were Normal Curve Equivalents from the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills given the previous school year. Children of divorced parents (n = 31) had lower GPAs than children of nondivorced parents (n = 85). The girls had higher GPAs and general anxiety scores than the boys. The students who scored lower on test anxiety had higher Normal Curve Equivalents. Pearson correlations were significant for scores on Test Anxiety with those on general anxiety (r = .57), GPA (r = -.25), and Normal Curve Equivalents (r = -.26). Normal Curve Equivalents correlated significantly with GPA (r = .66), but shyness did not correlate significantly with any other measure

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Shyness · Test (biology · Test anxiety · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology

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