Writing apprehension and anxiety show strong negative correlations with writing self-efficacy in postsecondary students¶

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q2 i3 In most postsecondary studies, writing apprehension or anxiety achieves high negative correlations with writing self-efficacy, with mean r = −0.49. → Kim M. Mitchell 2023

Evidence¶

Kim M. Mitchell 2023¶

Kim M. Mitchell, Sharon Zumbrunn, Danielle N. Berry, Lisa Demczuk. (2023). Writing Self-Efficacy in Postsecondary Students: a Scoping Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09798-2

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The review's synthesis of 17 studies (34%) measuring apprehension or anxiety reports Pearson's r correlations ranging from −0.17 to −0.78 (mean r = −0.49), and regression β values from −0.43 to −0.75 (mean β = −0.63) when apprehension predicted writing self-efficacy.

"In most studies, anxiety and apprehension generally achieve high negative correlations > − 0.50 with writing self-efficacy"

Discussion¶

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