TY - JOUR
T1 - Validity and reliability of the short Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-5) in Dutch adolescents
AU - Kösters, Mia P.
AU - Klaufus, Leonie H.
AU - van der Wal, Marcel F.
N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2023/3/15
Y1 - 2023/3/15
N2 - The present study examined the psychometric properties of the short Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-5) in a Dutch adolescent sample. The sample consisted of 2063 secondary school students (mean age 13.6 years, 48% girls) who filled out a battery of screening questionnaires for a routine health check. We investigated structural validity with a confirmatory factor analysis, scale reliability with internal consistency coefficients, and construct validity with hypotheses testing and convergent validity. The proposed one-factor structure fitted well in the present sample. However, there was an indication of measurement variance for gender. Scale reliability was high (ω = 0.88), and sufficient positive correlations were found between TAI-5 scores and anxiety, depression, worry, executive functioning, and sleep problems (r ranging from 0.36 to 0.56). Girls had significantly higher test anxiety scores than boys (d = 0.47). The present study provided evidence for the validity and reliability of TAI-5 scores in a general population of Dutch adolescents.
AB - The present study examined the psychometric properties of the short Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-5) in a Dutch adolescent sample. The sample consisted of 2063 secondary school students (mean age 13.6 years, 48% girls) who filled out a battery of screening questionnaires for a routine health check. We investigated structural validity with a confirmatory factor analysis, scale reliability with internal consistency coefficients, and construct validity with hypotheses testing and convergent validity. The proposed one-factor structure fitted well in the present sample. However, there was an indication of measurement variance for gender. Scale reliability was high (ω = 0.88), and sufficient positive correlations were found between TAI-5 scores and anxiety, depression, worry, executive functioning, and sleep problems (r ranging from 0.36 to 0.56). Girls had significantly higher test anxiety scores than boys (d = 0.47). The present study provided evidence for the validity and reliability of TAI-5 scores in a general population of Dutch adolescents.
KW - Test anxiety
KW - adolescents
KW - reliability
KW - screening
KW - validity
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36919479
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2023.2188579
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2023.2188579
M3 - Article
C2 - 36919479
SN - 0022-1309
VL - 151
SP - 76
EP - 86
JO - Journal of General Psychology
JF - Journal of General Psychology
IS - 1
ER -