Opšta samoefikasnost kao moderator relacija između ispitne anksioznosti, suočavanja i ishoda stresne transakcije
General Self-Efficacy as a Moderator of the Relations between Test Anxiety, Coping and the Outcomes of a Stressful Transaction

Summary/Abstract: The theoretical bases of our current empirical research is the revised version of the Taylor and Aspinwall model (The Taylor and Aspinwall Model, 1996), which includes a comprehensive and contemporary conceptual framework for understanding the components of a generic phenomenon of the stress concept and their mutual relations. The validated model includes four sets of variables: a) stressor (test anxiety), b) coping (three categories of coping mechanisms: task-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, and avoidance), c) a stable personality trait (general self-efficacy as an internal resource for coping), and d) the output variables of the stress-process (success achieved at the colloquium and the emotional state of students immediately after the test situation). Examination of the stress-process variable space was carried out by application of the following measuring instruments: Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI), Coping Inventory for Task Stress (CITS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), and the Serbian adaptation of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (SIAB-PANAS). For data processing we applied the statistical procedure of moderated mediation analysis. The paper presents in details and discusses specific conditions under which a certain level of the examined moderator variable (general self-efficacy) significantly changes the following relations: a) test anxiety – a choice of coping strategies, b) applied coping mechanisms - outcomes of the examined stressful transaction and c) a direct relationship between stressors and output variables.

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