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International Journal of Human Sciences, vol.11, pp.401-419, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
The aim of the study was to determine the differences in test anxiety based on gender, frequency of utilizing counseling service, school type, family income level, parental educational level, the attending branch, the case of taking private tutorial and region of the students attending high school senior class. The sample of study consisted of a total of 884 senior class high school students, 423 (52.1%) of them were female and 421 (47.9%) of them were male. The average age of the participants was 17.31 (Sd: .53) with an age which ranges from 16 to 19 years. Test Anxiety Scale were applied to determine participants’ test anxiety. Demographic data of the participants were collected with personal information form developed by researchers. Mann-Whitney U ve Kruskal Wallis H analysis were applied. According to the results, test anxiety was differentiated with regard to gender, school type, region and family income level. Results of the study were discussed in the light of the relevant literature.