Structural Equation Modeling of the relationship between cultural values, Self-efficacy and test anxiety among Second-Grade High School Students of Urmia city

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate of causal relationship between cultural values, self-efficacy and test anxiety among Second-Grade High School Students of Urmia city. Research method is correlation form and type of Its structural equations modeling and the statistical population included all the second-grade high school students in Urmia City during 2017-2018 school year. Sampling method category randomized and volume of sample according to krejcie Morgan table were 357 people. data gathering, we have been used three questionnaires including Srite and Karahanna (2006), general efficiency Scherer and et al. (1982), and Test Anxiety Question of Sarason (1984). To organize, summarize and analyze the data the confirmatory factor analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The results of Structural equation modeling showed from the components of cultural values, the two components of a Masculinity/ Femininity and Power distance exert their positive effect through self-efficacy. But the mediating role of self-efficacy was not confirmed on the other two components of cultural values (individualism/collectivism and uncertainty avoidance) with test anxiety.

Keywords

• cultural values
• self-efficacy
• test anxiety
• second-grade high school students