Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-5)
Psychology: Mental Health1 sample item
About this scale
Test anxiety is fairly common in students. There are several surveys to measure this. In practise, you likely want a short one so that you can combine it with another survey or experiment (such as the dot-probe task). For this, the TAI-5 developed by Taylor and Deane (2002) an excellent choice.
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Joanne Taylor & Frank P. Deane (2002) Development of a Short Form of the Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI), The Journal of General Psychology, 129:2, 127-136, DOI: 10.1080/00221300209603133 | Xu, F., Cai, Y. & Tu, D. Psychometric properties of TAS, TAI, FAT test anxiety scales 6 in Chinese university students: a Bifactor IRT study. Curr Psychol 41, 2250–2263 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00610-w Open access
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