作者: Matthew Owens , Jim Stevenson , Roger Norgate , Julie A. Hadwin
DOI: 10.1080/10615800701847823
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摘要: Working memory skills are positively associated with academic performance. In contrast, high levels of trait anxiety are linked with educational underachievement. Based on Eysenck and Calvo's (1992) processing efficiency theory (PET), the present study investigated whether associations between anxiety and educational achievement were mediated via poor working memory performance. Fifty children aged 11–12 years completed verbal (backwards digit span; tapping the phonological store/central executive) and spatial (Corsi …