REVISED TEST ANXIETY SCALE: THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY

Dr. Ahmet Akin
Sakarya University
Ibrahim Demirci
Marmara University
Serhat Arslan
Sakarya University

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Revised Test Anxiety Scale (RTA; Benson & El-Zahhar, 1994). The sample of this study consisted of 335 high school students. In addition, the language equivalency of scale was carried on 45 English teachers and the re-test reliability analysis was carried on 107 high school students. Results of language equivalency showed that the correlations between Turkish and English items were ranging from .52 to .91. Results of confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the twenty items loaded on four factors and the four-dimensional model was well fit (x²=332.20, df=160, RMSEA=.056, CFI=.92, IFI=.92, GFI=.91, and SRMR=.051). The internal consistency coefficients of four subscales were .78, .77, .71, and .80 respectively, for the overall scale was .88. Also the three-week interval test-retest reliability coefficients of four subscales were .75, .64, .74, and .70 respectively, for the overall scale was .65. The corrected item-total correlations of RTAS ranged from .37 to .58. Overall findings demonstrated that Turkish version of the Revised Test Anxiety Scale had adequate validity and reliability scores.

Keywords

Test anxiety scale, Validity, Reliability, Confirmatory factor analysis.

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