Philippine E-Journals

Test Anxiety, Perfectionism, and Academic Performance of Academic Achievers

Khristine Lim | Marissa S. Nicasio | Monica de Leon

 

Abstract:

Following Eum and Rice’s (2010) study, the relationship between test anxiety, perfectionism and academic performance were investigated among a group of academic achievers in a university. Additionally, the mediating role of maladaptive perfectionism between test anxiety and academic performance was also examined. Test anxiety (ß=.20, p<.05) and adaptive perfectionism (ß=-.18, p<.05) significantly influence academic performance with F (2, 204) = 8.00, R2 = .07, p<.05. Further, adaptive perfectionism and test anxiety contributed to 7.3% of the variance in academic performance. However, the hypothesized mediating effect of multidimensional perfectionism on test anxiety and academic performance was not supported. Results position test anxiety as a predictor of poor academic performance and adaptive perfectionism as a trait that can positively influence academic performance. Implications for counseling, intervention and prevention are discussed.