Examination Stress in Singapore primary schoolchildren: how compliance by subjects can impact on study results
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Parker, G; Cai, Zheng-Li; Tan, S; Dear, Keith; Henderson, A Scott; Poh, G; Kwee, G
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Objective: Examinations are anecdotally viewed as extremely stressful to Singapore schoolchildren. We test this postulate by obtaining parental ratings of children's emotional stress levels longitudinally in a large representative sample of sixth (P6) and fifth (P5) class primary schoolchildren, respectively, exposed and unexposed to a streaming examination. Method: Children's stress levels were rated monthly by a parent for 10 months. Results: Analyses failed to find evidence of any...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Parker, G | |
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dc.contributor.author | Cai, Zheng-Li | |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Dear, Keith | |
dc.contributor.author | Henderson, A Scott | |
dc.contributor.author | Poh, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Kwee, G | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-13T22:36:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-13T22:36:27Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0001-690X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/76765 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Examinations are anecdotally viewed as extremely stressful to Singapore schoolchildren. We test this postulate by obtaining parental ratings of children's emotional stress levels longitudinally in a large representative sample of sixth (P6) and fifth (P5) class primary schoolchildren, respectively, exposed and unexposed to a streaming examination. Method: Children's stress levels were rated monthly by a parent for 10 months. Results: Analyses failed to find evidence of any differential stress impact across P6 and P5 comparison groups, apart from a subset of P6 children whose parents complied with every monthly survey. Conclusion: The streaming examination in the final year of primary school did not emerge as a general stressor to children, but achieved salience within a defined subset of children whose parents were highly study compliant. Study compliance may be a proxy variable of some import, and have wider relevance to other cohort studies and to intervention trials. | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | |
dc.source | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | |
dc.subject | Keywords: article; emotional stress; examination; female; human; male; parent; patient compliance; primary school; priority journal; school child; Singapore; Child; Cooperative Behavior; Educational Measurement; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Parents; Child stress; Compliance; Examination distress; Study adherence | |
dc.title | Examination Stress in Singapore primary schoolchildren: how compliance by subjects can impact on study results | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 108 | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 170113 - Social and Community Psychology | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | MigratedxPub5567 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Parker, G, Institute of Mental Health | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Cai, Zheng-Li, University of Sydney | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Tan, S, Institute of Mental Health | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Dear, Keith, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Henderson, A Scott, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Poh, G, Ministry of Education | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Kwee, G, Ministry of Education | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 239 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 243 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00163.x | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-11T09:31:52Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-0042661231 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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