The effects of anxiety traits, parents』 expectations,and teachers』 expectations on the anxiety ofa higher school enrollment

• Main Authors: Wen-Cheng Lai, 賴文誠
• Other Authors: 高淑芳
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00628403802499711997

碩士 === 國立新竹教育大學 === 人資處輔導教學碩士班 === 94 === Abstract This main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of anxiety traits, parents』 expectations, and teachers』 expectations on the anxiety of a higher school enrollment for elementary school students, junior-high school students, and senior-high school students. Gender differences and graduation year differences on the anxiety of a higher school enrollment were also examined. A total of 647 students were retrieved from three elementary schools, three junior-high schools, and three senior-high schools. Subjects were asked to fill out Anxiety Traits Questionnaire, Parents』 Expectations Questionnaire, and Teachers』 Expectations Questionnaire, and Higher School Enrollment Anxiety Questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by three-way analyses of variance, Pearson correlations, multiple regressions, and analyses of covariance. The major findings of the study were: First, it was found that junior-high and senior-high school students had higher anxiety traits than elementary school students, and this year graduates had higher anxiety traits than the following year graduates. Secondly, elementary school students and junior-high school students had higher perception of parents』 expectations than senior-high school students. Thirdly, junior-high school students had higher perception of teachers』 expectations than senior-high school students, and the following year graduates had higher perception of teachers』 expectations than this year graduates. Fourthly, there were positive correlations between students』 anxiety traits and their anxiety of a higher school enrollment for all school stages, but no significant relations were found between parents』 expectations and the anxiety of a higher school enrollment for all school stages, and between teachers』 expectations and the anxiety of a higher school enrollment for junior-high school and for elementary school stage. Fifthly, excluding the effect of anxiety traits, it was still found that elementary school students had higher anxiety of a higher school enrollment than junior-high school students, and junior-high school students had higher anxiety of a higher school enrollment than and senior-high school students. No gender differences were found in any of anxiety traits, parents』 expectations, and teachers』 expectations, and the anxiety of a higher school enrollment.