background: test anxiety aggravates psychological distress and reduces the motivation among graduate students. this study aimed to identify psychological intervention for test anxiety, which reduces the level of psychological distress, amotivation and increases the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation among medical students. materials and methods: westside test anxiety scale, kessler perceived st...

The test of significance does not provide the information concerning psychological phenomena characteristically attributed to it; and a great deal of mischief has been associated with its use. The basic logic associated with the test of significance is reviewed. The null hypothesis is characteristically false under any circumstances. Publication practices foster the reporting of small effects i...

OBJECTIVE To explore the process of final year Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for improving the quality of assessment. METHODS The analytical cross-sectional study was conducted with purposive sampling on one-year Medicine Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) scores of Final Year batch of 2009 at the Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad. The scores from December ...

This study was designed to assess the effect of performance feedback on stress reactivity after recovery from maximal exercise. Forty competitive athletes were recruited to complete a maximal exercise test. Performance feedback was manipulated after the exercise test to give four groups: (1) high performance, (2) low performance, (3) accurate feedback and (4) no exercise control. Cardiovascular...

Computer administering of a psychological investigation is the computer representation of the entire procedure of psychological assessments test construction, test implementation, results evaluation, storage and maintenance of the developed database, its statistical processing, analysis and interpretation. A mathematical description of psychological assessment with the aid of personality tests ...