According to Social Comparison Examining of High School Students’ Test Anxiety Levels in Terms of Various Variables

Authors : Mustafa Koç, Ahmet Sapancı, Tuğba Tosun, Şehide Kelek, Gülşah Koç

Pages : 79-90

Doi:10.29217/usaksosbil.1791127

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Publication Date : 2025-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Test anxiety emerges as an important problem at every level of education. Social comparison, which is the tendency of people to compare themselves with others, is a frequently encountered situation especially in high school years, which is an important part of adolescence. Important stressors experienced by high school students, such as test anxiety, are evaluated through social comparison. A predictive correlational method was employed in this study, which aimed to investigate the test anxiety levels of high school students based on various factors in relation to their social comparison style. Using the convenience sampling method, data were gathered from a total of 284 high school students attending both private and public schools. 63% of the participants were female and 37% were male. The results showed that female students had higher emotionality and worry scores of test anxiety than male students. However, no gender-related difference was found in self-esteem scores. Additionally, it was found that the emotionality dimension of test anxiety scores was higher in the group with low social comparison levels compared to the group with high social comparison levels. In terms of parental attitudes, students with democratic parental attitudes were found to have lower test anxiety than students with authoritarian and protective parental attitudes. Another result of the study is that social comparison explains about 7% of the variance in test anxiety. The findings are interpreted in the context of the existing literature and suggestions are presented.
Keywords : Sosyal Karşılaştırma, Sınav Kaygısı, Lise Öğrencileri., Duygusallık, Endişe

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