The role of self-control strength in the development of state anxiety in test situations

Englert, Christoph; Bertrams, Alex (2013). The role of self-control strength in the development of state anxiety in test situations. Psychological Reports, 112(3), pp. 976-991. Ammons Scientific 10.2466/15.10.PR0.112.3.976-991

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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.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education > Educational Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education
UniBE Contributor:	Englert, Christoph, Bertrams, Alexander Gregor
Subjects:	300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education 100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology
ISSN:	0033-2941
Publisher:	Ammons Scientific
Language:	English
Submitter:	Noemi Martina Casola
Date Deposited:	13 Mar 2015 08:23
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:42
Publisher DOI:	10.2466/15.10.PR0.112.3.976-991
PubMed ID:	24245083
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/64330