The causation between father’s authoritarianism and test anxiety: An empirical study among adolescents. | [Science International • 2014]

Author(s):

1. Muhammad Mussaffa Butt: Department of Psychology, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan

2. Rashida Ijaz: Department of Psychology, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan

3. Farzan Yahya: Department of Finance, Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore, Pakistan

4. Alishba Hania: Department of Applied Psychology, The University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract:

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of fathers‘ authoritarianism on test anxiety among adolescents (men and women) and also investigated the difference in level of fathers‘ authoritarianism and test anxiety across rural and urban areas. Purposive sampling was used to collect data from adolescents (50 men, 50 women), age range 13_19 with a mean age of 17.96 (SD = 1.65), and their fathers from seven different cities and their surrounding villages. Urdu version of Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) was used to collect data from adolescents and Paternal Authoritarianism Scale (PAS) was used to collect data from their fathers respectively. Simple Linear Regression indicated father‘s authoritarianism emerged as a significant predictor of test anxiety in adolescents, β = .45, t = 3.47, p

Page(s): 433-443

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Published: Journal: Science International, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Year: 2014

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