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Faculty of Psychology, National University of Córdoba, Argentina
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Faculty of Psychology. National University of Buenos Aires
10.22098/jpc.2025.17007.1307
Abstract
Oral exams are a threatening situation for students, and avoidance behaviours such as postponement and expression inhibition, are ways of coping with tests anxiety. Present study aims to classify students into profiles based upon their levels of test anxiety and behavioural avoidance and explore differences in cognitive-regulation strategies and skills across the profiles. Participants (N=155) completed self-reports in an online survey. Latent class analysis identified four profiles of students combining levels of test anxiety, expression inhibition, and postponement. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated differences across groups in emotion regulation strategies with catastrophizing and rumination as the most employed in highly test anxious groups, and positive reappraisal in lowest test anxiety groups. In emotion regulation difficulties, the most distressed groups exhibited more deficits to control interference in goal-oriented behaviours, control impulses and emotion acceptance, compared with the remaining groups. Results support inclusion of emotion-regulation training in treatment of oral test anxiety.
Furlan, L. Alberto and Arana, F. Guido (2025). Differences in Emotion Regulation in Students with Oral Test Anxiety. Preventive Counseling, (), -. doi: 10.22098/jpc.2025.17007.1307
MLA
Furlan, L. Alberto, and Arana, F. Guido. "Differences in Emotion Regulation in Students with Oral Test Anxiety", Preventive Counseling, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.22098/jpc.2025.17007.1307
HARVARD
Furlan, L. Alberto, Arana, F. Guido (2025). 'Differences in Emotion Regulation in Students with Oral Test Anxiety', Preventive Counseling, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22098/jpc.2025.17007.1307
CHICAGO
L. Alberto Furlan and F. Guido Arana, "Differences in Emotion Regulation in Students with Oral Test Anxiety," Preventive Counseling, (2025): -, doi: 10.22098/jpc.2025.17007.1307
VANCOUVER
Furlan, L. Alberto, Arana, F. Guido Differences in Emotion Regulation in Students with Oral Test Anxiety. Preventive Counseling, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.22098/jpc.2025.17007.1307