Ansiedade cognitiva de provas em universitários do Brasil: O papel das variáveis sociodemográficas e traços de personalidade
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https://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2022.8.1.246Palavras-chave:
Ansiedade à Prova, Personalidade, Psicologia, Universitários, Estudo ex-post factoResumo
Objetivo: A presente pesquisa objetivou verificar o poder preditivo dos traços de personalidade, controlando o efeito das variáveis sociodemográficas (gênero e período que está cursando), na explicação da ansiedade cognitiva em avaliações. Métodos: Duzentos estudantes universitários de instituições públicas da cidade de Parnaíba, Piauí, (Midade = 23,97), em maioria mulheres (75%) e cursando Psicologia (52,5%) foram avaliados através da Escala de Ansiedade Cognitiva em provas, o Inventário dos Cinco Grandes Fatores da Personalidade e questões sociodemográficas. Resultados: As análises de correlação de Pearson e de regressão linear múltipla hierárquica mostraram que os traços de personalidade conscienciosidade (β = -0,15; p < 0,01), neuroticismo (β = 0,35; p < 0,01) e o gênero do participante (β = -0,19; p < 0,05) contribuem de maneira significativa para a explicação da ansiedade cognitiva de provas acadêmicas, com o modelo explicando cerca de 20% da sua variância. Os resultados sugeriram ainda que a conscienciosidade pode funcionar como um fator de proteção e o neuroticismo um agente de vulnerabilidade de sintomas ansiosos em contextos avaliativos, principalmente em mulheres, não havendo diferença quanto ao período cursado. Conclusões: Os achados enfatizam a importância de serem realizadas propostas psicoeducativas interventivas, particularmente em mulheres com acentuado nível de neuroticismo.
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