Cognition, Anxiety, and Performance on a Career-Related Oral Examination

A 4-stage model of evaluation anxiety incorporating ability, affective, cognitive, and performance variables was tested in the context of a career-related oral examination among enlisted personnel in the U.S. Army. A path analysis supported the stage model for the most part, showing the influence of...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 1995-01, Vol.42 (1), p.47-54
Main Authors: Glass, Carol R, Arnkoff, Diane B, Wood, Heather, Meyerhoff, James L, Smith, H. Ron, Oleshansky, Marvin A, Hedges, Susan M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American
Anxiety
Armies
Army Personnel
Biological and medical sciences
Career Counseling
Careers
Cognition & reasoning
Factors
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Higher Education
Human
Job Evaluation
Military Personnel
Occupational psychology
Oral Examinations
Orientation. Selection. Evaluation
Personnel
Personnel Evaluation
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Self Efficacy
Social research
Stress
Test Anxiety
Tests
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Summary:A 4-stage model of evaluation anxiety incorporating ability, affective, cognitive, and performance variables was tested in the context of a career-related oral examination among enlisted personnel in the U.S. Army. A path analysis supported the stage model for the most part, showing the influence of dispositional anxiety, preexamination anxiety, self-efficacy, and negative thoughts before and during the examination on participants' oral examination performance. The nature of the examination-stage cognitive variable appears to be important, because in the path analysis negative thoughts were predictive of performance, but state of mind (the ratio of positive to positive-plus-negative thoughts) was not. Results have implications for career counseling and suggest that cognitive-behavioral interventions may be effective for individuals with anxiety related to job evaluations.
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.42.1.47