Effects of trait test anxiety and state anxiety on children's working memory task performance
Effects of trait test anxiety and state anxiety on children's working memory task performance
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DOI：
10.1016/j.lindif.2015.04.007
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发表时间：
2015-05-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Lee, Kerry
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作者：
Ng, EeLynn;Lee, Kerry
这项研究考察了（a）特质测试焦虑与状态焦虑和（b）工作记忆负荷对儿童心算任务表现的影响。参与者（N = 128；11 岁）在高和低情境压力条件下以不同水平的工作记忆负荷完成心算任务。任务准确性和准确性/响应时间的测量作为绩效有效性和处理效率的指标。研究结果表明，特质测试焦虑对工作记忆有直接且有害的影响。该效应不是由状态测试焦虑介导的。我们还证明，特质测试焦虑对效率的不利影响与工作记忆负荷无关。然而，与焦虑相关的有效性缺陷发生在工作记忆负荷较高的情况下。研究结果被解释为与注意力控制理论基本一致。 (C) 2015 爱思唯尔公司保留所有权利。
This study examined the effects of (a) trait test anxiety versus state anxiety and (b) working memory load on children's mental arithmetic task performance. Participants (N = 128; 11-year-olds) completed a mental arithmetic task at varying levels of working memory load under high and low situational stress conditions. Measures of task accuracy and accuracy/response time served as indicators of performance effectiveness and processing efficiency. The findings showed that trait test anxiety has a direct and detrimental effect on working memory. The effect was not mediated by state test anxiety. We also demonstrated that the adverse effects of trait test anxiety on efficiency are independent of working memory load. However, anxiety-related deficits in effectiveness occur at higher levels of working memory load. Findings are interpreted as being largely consistent with the attentional control theory. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.