ISPITNA ANKSIOZNOST / EXAM ANXIETY

UZROCI, SIMPTOMI I INTERVENCIJE / CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND INTERVENTIONS

Abstract

People face various evaluative situations in which their abilities, skills, traits, knowledge and the like are tested throughout their lives. Since school success, employment opportunities, and career advancement are almost always dependent on success in various test types, many of those evaluations have serious consequences for people’s lives and future. Most people have a specific type of anxiety present in evaluative situations, also known as test anxiety. The aim of this review article is to provide an overview of knowledge about test anxiety, its structure, many causes and risk factors, various symptoms and consequences, and preventive measures and interventions that are commonly applied in practice. Since test anxiety is most prevalent in pupils and students, the last part of the article provides guidelines for pupils, students, and teachers on how to lower the test anxiety level