Abstract

The current study aimed to examine the impacts of self-efficacy and self-perception components on the level of test anxiety of high school male and female students.In this descriptive- correlation study, a total of 340 male and female high school students were selected among the considered population using Morgan table sampling and multistage cluster sampling. To collect data, three questionnaires of test anxiety,self-efficacy and self-perception were applied.The results obtained from the analysis of the statistical test, correlation and regression analysis indicated that there was a significant negative correlation between self-efficacy and students' test anxiety and self-perception components (passivity, acting and aggression)were positively and significantly correlated with anxiety; However, components of assertiveness had no significant relationship with test anxiety.This is while the general components of passivity and acting respectively had the most important role in predicting the students' test anxiety. Test anxiety is not merely resulted from the screening process. The lasting variables, influenced by the overall process of growth, such as self-efficacy and self-perception components which are shaped with students' experiences in various fields of life, have a crucial role in this type of anxiety. © 2014 AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.