Measuring Test Anxiety In Students Aged 10-17 Years in Egypt: Factor Analysis and Psychometric Properties
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Anxiety, Test Anxiety, Psychometric properties, Factor analysis, Children’s Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS)Abstract
The aims of this study were: (1) to translate Children’s Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS) into Arabic language, (2) to examine factor structure for Arabic version of Children’s Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS), and (3) to explore its psychometric properties when administered on students aged 10-17 years in Egypt. The participants were 320 students from six primary, preparatory and secondary schools in Baltim Sector, Egypt. They were aged 10-17 years old .Findings showed that the percentage of variance was 25.26% for Thoughts, 19.66% for Autonomic Reaction, and 18.6% for Off-Task Behaviors. Similarly, the eigenvalues for three scales of Children‘s Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS) ranged from 5.58 to 7.58. Alpha reliability of different scales of Children‘s Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS) ranged from 0.75 to 0.89.Downloads
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