Abstract

MELLO, Anair Silva Lins e; ROSARIO, Pedro Sales Luís de Fonseca; POLYDORO, Soely Aparecida  and  HOGEMANN, Julia Helene. Anxiety reported in textual production: Correlations with motivational variables. Educ. Puc. [online]. 2018, vol.23, n.3, pp.407-424. ISSN 2318-0870.  https://doi.org/10.24220/2318-0870v23n3a4111.

The literature has revealed that current social and academic demands cause writing anxiety in students. The present study, based on a sociocognitive approach, identified the presence and variation of reported anxiety in textual production during the measurement process, and evaluated the relationship between reported anxiety with textual production and motivational variables (self-efficacy, self-regulated learning, and overall performance of written production). This is a study with repeated measures. A total of 693 elementary students (M=9.13, SD=0.16) from the northern region of Portugal participated in the study. The age of participants ranged from 8 to 12 years. Self-report questionnaires were used for data collection. Data analysis revealed statistically significant differences in reported anxiety in relation to writing for the variables self-efficacy and self-regulated learning throughout the school year. Writing anxiety revealed a positive and statistically significant correlation with perceived self-efficacy. The other variables presented negative and statistically significant correlations with writing anxiety.

Keywords : Anxiety; Self-efficacy in writing; Self-regulation in writing; Writing; School performance.

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