Orientação para o Resultado do tipo Evitamento e Ansiedade aos Testes: o Papel Mediador da Competição Insegura, Vergonha e Autocompaixão
Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Few studies have studied maladaptive psychological processes on Test Anxiety inadolescents. Nevertheless, performance-avoidance goal orientation (a type ofperformance goal orientation characterized by desire to avoid situations which coulddemonstrate incompetence), insecure striving (beliefs about the need to compete to avoidfeelings of inferiority), shame (a self-conscious emotion associated with feelings ofrejection and inferiority) and lack of self-compassion (a self-to self-relationship that lackswarmth and kindness) have been associated with test anxiety. However, to ourknowledge, no study has considered all of the variables together, exploring the impact ofperformance-avoidance goal orientations, insecure striving, shame and lack selfcompassion on test anxiety. This was thus the aim of our study.The sample consisted of 463 adolescents between 14 and 18 years old (M =15.46; SD = 1.22). Results showed that performance-avoidance goal orientation,insecure striving, shame and test anxiety correlated positively with each other andnegatively with self-compassion. Furthermore, a mediation model estimated withPROCESS revealed that insecure striving, shame and lack of self-Compassion(subscale Actions) fully mediated performance-avoidance goal orientation’s effect ontest anxiety. These findings suggest that Compassion-focused Therapy may be a helpfulapproach to work with test anxiety, due to its focus on evolved defensive strategiesderived from the threat and drive systems. Therefore, test anxiety may be approachedby tackling insecure striving and shame, stimulating the soothing system through thedevelopment of a compassionate mind. Limitations and future studies are alsodiscussed.Key-words: performance-avoidance goal orientation; insecure striving; shame;self-compassion (actions subscale); test anxiety; compassion-focused therapy
Author: Santos, Rita Ferreira
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7224046500