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Assessing Test Anxiety in Italian-Speaking Adults: The Italian Multi-Faceted Test Anxiety Questionnaire

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In order to enable cross-cultural test anxiety research involving Italian-speaking samples, the present chapter reports on the validation of the multi-faceted Italian Test Anxiety Questionnaire (in German: “Prüfungsangstfragebogen” – Italian Version, PAF-I). Currently, validated versions are available in German (PAF) and English (PAF-E). All items were translated by means of a standardized multiple-step procedure. Based on a sample of 745 Italian university students (Mage = 21.64, SD = 4.04, 42.8% male, 56.3% female), confirmatory factor analysis corroborated the expected four-factor structure: worry, interference, lack of confidence, and emotionality. Each subscale consists of five items yielding a total of 20 items. Reliability analyses substantiated favorable properties. Weak measurement invariance of the four subscales could be supported for women and men. Latent association patterns between the four anxiety facets and the five-factor personality model indicated adequate construct validity. Lower interference scores were related to a better average grade, supporting criterion validity. The PAF-I may be used to assess the four dimensions of test anxiety simultaneously in a time-efficient fashion among Italian-speaking adults.

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    Tobias Ringeisen

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    Christian Heckel

  3. Claudiana College of Healthcare Professions, Bozen, Italy

    Caterina Messerschmidt-Grandi

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Ringeisen, T., Heckel, C., Messerschmidt-Grandi, C. (2020). Assessing Test Anxiety in Italian-Speaking Adults: The Italian Multi-Faceted Test Anxiety Questionnaire. In: Ringeisen, T., Genkova, P., Leong, F. (eds) Handbuch Stress und Kultur. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27825-0_46-2

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