Validation of a new State Test Anxiety Scale (STAS)

This study aimed to validate the English version of Sahin’s (2019) State Test Anxiety Scale (STAS) which was originally developed in Turkish based on latest bio-psychosocial model test anxiety. For this purpose, STAS translated into and administered 360 (123 females, 237 males) students from 22 countries. The data were subjected confirmatory factor analysis confirm three-factor structure as version. Most fit indices examined (χ2/df=1.94, CFI=.98, NFI=.96, NNFI=.98, IFI=.98, RMSEA=.05, SRMR=.05) indicated that had a good its Alpha internal consistency coefficients found be .81, .77, .91, .92, for Physiological effects, Psychosocial Cognitive effects subscales, total scale respectively. Stratified also calculated .93. All all, evidence collected valid reliable