The mediation role of experiential avoidance in the relationship between perfectionism with test anxiety

The aim was to determine the conceptual model based on the mediation role of experiential avoidance in the relationship between perfectionism with test anxiety. This study design was descriptive-correlational and statistical population of this study was included of all second-high school students in Damavand city in 2015. 450 persons were selected using multi-stage random sampling and answered to test anxiety by Abolqasemi, Asadi Moghadam, Najjarian & Shokrkan (1996), positive and negative perfectionism by Terry- short, Owens, salde & Dewey (1995) and experimental avoidance by Gámez, Chmielewski, Kotov, Ruggero & Watson (2011). Structural equation modeling technic was used to analyze the data. The results showed that research structural model base on gathered data fit well. Positive perfectionism had direct and negative effect (β=-0.466, P0.01) and negative perfectionism had positive direct effect (β=0.366, P0.01) on test anxiety. Negative perfectionism dimension with the mediation of experimental avoidance had effect on test anxiety (β=0.042, P0.05). Dimension of perfectionism each one turns positive and negative thoughts and emotions in the face of conditions that can stimulate students that, this leads to the use of experimental strategies such as avoidance, and finally students in test challenging situations will show anxiety.