Psychiatry and Psychology

Test Anxiety

Anxiety related to situations where abilities or knowledge are being tested.

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Abstract

Anxiety related to situations where abilities or knowledge are being tested.

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  • Exam Anxiety
  • Exam Stress
  • Pre-Exam Anxiety
  • Anxiety, Exam
  • Anxiety, Pre-Exam
  • Anxiety, Test
  • Pre Exam Anxiety
  • Stress, Exam

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

2021

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  • Anxiety (1963-2020)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Test Anxiety. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000083563. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000083563
  2. Test Anxiety. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_anxiety
  3. Test Anxiety. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1426787