Syntes: von der Embse et al. (2018) — test anxiety relates negatively to educational performance (small to moderate)

Källa: von der Embse, N.; Jester, D.; Roy, D.; Post, J. (2018). Test anxiety effects, predictors, and correlates: A 30-year meta-analytic review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.048

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• [abstract] 238 studies from 1988 onward synthesised; pooled effect sizes calculated.
• [abstract] Test anxiety was significantly and negatively related to standardised tests, university entrance exams and GPA.
• [abstract] Effects were most pronounced at the middle-grades level.
• [abstract] Magnitude across variables was in the small-to-moderate range; self-esteem was a strong predictor; perceived difficulty and high-stakes consequences related to higher test anxiety.

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• Read level: abstract. Numbers only from what was read; do not use for a ledger verdict until full text is checked where marked abstract-only or secondary.

Why it is in the library

Main meta for an Emotion/stress candidate on test anxiety and achievement (Phase B Near seed).

Added 2026-10-27 by the project (Phase B expansional push). [abstract] = published abstract; [full text] = full text; [assessment] = judgement; [secondary] = secondary summary pending paper check.