The Modeling Structural Test Anxiety Based on Perfectionism with Mediating Role Fear of Negative Evaluation in Students.

The purpose of this study was to modeling structural test anxiety based on perfectionism with mediating role fear of negative evaluation in students. The statistical population of the study consisted of all male students in the first year of middle school in Tehran in the year 2021 Using a convenience sampling method, 500 individuals were selected as the sample size. To measure the variables, test anxiety inventory (TAI) of Abolghasemi and et al (1996), multidimensional perfectionism scale (MPS) of Hewitt and Flett (1991) and brief fear of negative evaluation scale (BFNE) of Leary (1983). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and structural equation modelling with using SPSS-24 and AMOS software was investigated. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between perfectionism and fear of negative evaluation with test anxiety (P <0.01). The results also showed that most of the direct paths of this study were significant and the indirect paths of perfectionism were significant through the mediating role of fear of negative evaluation on test anxiety. Also, proposed model had an acceptable fitness to the data (RMSEA=0/058, P-value<0/05). These findings emphasize the importance of considering perfectionism and fear of negative evaluation as significant factors in the development of exam anxiety, and they may assist in designing intervention programs aimed at reducing anxiety in students.