英语测试应试者测试焦虑的性别因素研究

Research on Gender Factors of Examinees' Test Anxiety in English Tests

本次研究对性别是否是影响测试焦虑与测试行为二者关系的因素展开了讨论。研究以71名女性、98名男性为研究对象,以测试焦虑量表TAS为问卷形式调查受试者的测试焦虑情况,并按照测试焦虑值对男性、女性分别分组,即高焦虑组、中度焦虑组、低焦虑组,依据从三组男性、三组女性的英语期末均分和英语应用能力测试成绩中采集到的数据,利用SPSS16.0对女性因素、男性因素是否对测试焦虑与测试行为二者之间关系有影响分别进行了研究,结果发现:测试焦虑阻碍了受试者的测试行为,性别因素是影响测试焦虑和测试行为二者关系的因素。

This research discusses whether gender is a factor that influences the relationship between test anxiety and test behaviors. 71 females and 98 males from Nantong Shipping College are the research objects, the test anxiety scale （TAS） is adopted as the question- naire, this paper analyzes respectively whether significant differences existed among female and male examinees with different levels of test anxiety, from which datum are collected and analyzed by means of SPSS 16.0. According to the investigation, test anxiety influ- ences males more negatively; gender is the factor that affects the examinees＇ test anxiety and their test performance.