Construction of a test influence inventory (TII)

Abstract

The purpose was to construct a Test Influence Inventory (TII), which consists of two parts, the one is anxiety scale and the other is test fatigue scale. Subjects were 148 (76 males and 72 females) elementary school children. Factor analysis of TII, comprised from 25 items, yielded 5 factors, namely, (1) Emotionality factor (Em), (2) Body factor (Bo), (3) Nervous factor (Ne), (4) Worry factor (Wo), (5) Perspiring factor (Pe). The test-retest reliability coefficient of TII was 0.87, and the validity coefficient by correlation with TAI (Test Anxiety Inventory: Sarason, 1975) score was 0.83. The results revealed following three points. (1) Females were higher than males on test anxiety. (2) Children who didn't go to juku school, scored higher on both test anxiety scale and test fatigue scale. (3) Children who have experienced many tests were higher on test anxiety and test fatigue. © 1993, The Japanese Psychological Association. All rights reserved.