Relationship of trait anxiety, peer presence, task difficulty, and skill acquisition of sixth-grade boys.

摘要: Abstract The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC) trait anxiety questionnaire was administered to all sixth-grade boys at one school (N = 181). Based on results of the questionnaire, 40 high-anxious and low-anxious subjects were identified participation in study. Stratified random assignments these a counterbalanced manner resulted creation eight experimental groups. effects an audience task difficulty learning performance considered design. Two social conditions—learning presence single spectator or alone—and two conditions pursuit rotor—hard easy—were employed. Each subject tested day, under condition difficulty, condition. Data treated with three-factor multivariate analysis variance. Dependent variables three STAIC scale scores used evaluate within-task feelings mean ...