TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spada,Marcantonio M.
AU  - Nikcevic,Ana V.
AU  - Moneta,Giovanni B.
AU  - Ireson,Judy
TI  - Metacognition as a mediator of the effect of test anxiety on a surface approach to studying
SN  - 0144-3410
AV  - LB1051 EDU 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxfordshire
PB  - Taylor & Francis.
KW  - Metacognition
KW  - Test anxiety
KW  - Measures (Individuals)
N2  - This study investigated the role of metacognition as a mediator of the effect of test anxiety on a surface approach to studying. The following scales were completed by 109 undergraduate social sciences students: Approaches and Study Skills Inventories for Students (ASSIST), Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ), and Test Anxiety Scale (TAS). Positive and significant correlations were observed between test anxiety and a surface approach to studying, and between all five dimensions of metacognition and test anxiety. Positive and significant correlations were also found between four of the five dimensions of metacognition and a surface approach to studying. Structural equation modelling was used to test a mediational model in which test anxiety predicted metacognition which in turn predicted a surface approach to studying. The results supported the hypothesis that the effect of test anxiety on a surface approach to studying is entirely mediated by metacognition. The practical implications of these findings are outlined
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410500390673
ER  -