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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026

Development and validation of the performance evaluation anxiety task: a computerized task to identify functionally significant test anxiety.

Kenneth A Winter, Timothy M Dasinger, Erick A Bourassa-Price

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Kenneth A WinterDepartment of Biology, Mississippi College, Clinton, MS, United States.
Timothy M DasingerDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Education, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States.
Erick A Bourassa-PriceDepartment of Biology, Mississippi College, Clinton, MS, United States.

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Abstract

All currently available instruments for measuring test anxiety are subjective surveys that do not assess functional impairment. Using the attentional control theory of anxiety as its theoretical basis, the Performance Evaluation Anxiety Task (PEAT) was designed as a computerized task to objectively quantify performance disruption induced by negative performance evaluation. Normative scores were determined from a pool of 573 participants. The task was validated using four complementary approaches. Salivary cortisol increased significantly more in individuals classified as highly test anxious (HTA) than low test anxious (LTA), demonstrating physiological sensitivity to evaluation (

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attentional control theoryEEGperformance anxietysalivary cortisoltest anxietyvalidation study

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PMCPMC13462226

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