title: Influence of urban-rural upbringing on Nigerian students' test anxiety.
abstract: To examine the effects of urban and rural upbringing on test anxiety 221 Nigerian high school students completed measures of test anxiety and environment/academic performance. Analysis showed that younger urban groups scored better than older rural groups in academic performance, rural students having high scores in environment/academic performance scales. The findings corroborate earlier work on urban and rural upbringing and text anxiety. Suggestions for cross-cultural research which incorporates test anxiety and the construct of concentration are detailed.
authors.affiliation: Obafemi Awolowo University.
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authors.lastname: Akande
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D010553:Personality Development; D012424:Rural Population; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology; D013732:Test Anxiety Scale; D014505:Urban Population