The role of self-control strength in the development of state anxiety in test situations
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Die Bedeutung der Kraft der Selbstkontrolle für die Entwicklung der Zustandsangst in Testsituationen |
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Autor: | Englert, Christoph; Bertrams, Alex |
Erschienen in: | Psychological reports |
Veröffentlicht: | 112 (2013), 3, S. 1-16, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0033-2941, 1558-691X |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201404003564 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Self-control strength may affect state anxiety because emotion regulation is impaired in individuals whose self-control strength has been temporarily depleted. Increases in state anxiety were expected to be larger for participants with depleted compared to nondepleted self-control strength, and trait test anxiety should predict increases in state anxiety more strongly if self-control strength is depleted. In a sample of 76 university students, trait test anxiety was assessed, self-control strength experimentally manipulated, and state anxiety measured before and after the announcement of a test. State anxiety increased after the announcement. Trait test anxiety predicted increases in state anxiety only in students with depleted self-control strength, suggesting that increased self-control strength may be useful for coping with anxiety. Verf.-Referat