Test Anxiety Inventory

 

Authors: Charles D. Spielberger & Associates

The Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI), a self-report psychometric scale, was developed to measure individual differences in test anxiety as a situation-specific trait. Based on a Likert Scale, the respondents are asked to report how frequently they experience specific symptoms of anxiety before, during and after examinations. In addition to measuring individual differences in anxiety proneness in test situations, the TAI subscales assess worry and emotionality as major components of test anxiety.

Copyright © 1980 by Charles D. Spielberger

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  • $50.00
    Includes details on reliability, validity, scoring, etc. and a review-only copy of the TAI form. PDFs are not refundable.
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    Builds a report that interprets an individual's TAI scores. You invite participants to take the survey and Transform™ generates their reports.
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    Interprets and reports on your TAI scores. You complete the survey and Transform™ generates your report. Transform will connect this report to the "Send To" email provided at checkout. Note: This product is for a single use, with automated survey administration. For multiple uses, buy instead the Individual Report product in quantity needed.
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    Minimum purchase of 20. Allows you to administer the TAI as an online survey using Mind Garden's Transform™ System. Includes data collection: data file with participants' raw data and raw scale scores. Optionally, Individual Reports can be generated from the collected data - requires the purchase of report licenses. Customization services are available.
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    Minimum purchase of 50. Allows you to administer the TAI as an online survey via a non-Mind Garden survey system or as a paper and pencil survey. The downloadable PDF file includes one copy of the TAI, scoring key, and permission to administer the TAI up to the quantity purchased. The PDF is non-refundable.
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    Includes details on reliability, validity, scoring, etc. and a review-only copy of the TAI form. This is a paper product. The manual will be printed, bound, and shipped to you (FedEx shipping costs apply).
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Features of the TAI

Purpose: Measure test anxiety as a situation-specific personality trait

Length: 20 items

Average completion time: 8-10 minutes

Target population: Individuals in high school or older

Administration: For individual or group administration

Uses of the TAI

  • Individual counseling
  • Anxiety research

Scales
Based on a state-trait anxiety theory, this twenty-item scale labeled the "Test Attitude Inventory" yields scores for worry and emotionality.

Worry: cognitive concerns about consequences of failure.

Emotionality: reactions of the autonomic nervous system that are evoked by evaluative stress.

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