01678nas a2200253 4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001600118653001200134653001100146653001000157653001900167653001700186653002400203100003200227700003500259700002400294245010100318300001200419490000700431520095800438022001401396020001401410 2011 d c06/2011bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aAdolescence10aarticle10aGender10agrade10aschool anxiety10aschool fears10aSecondary education1 aJosé M. García-Fernández1 aM. Carmen Martínez-Monteagudo1 aCándido J. Inglés00aSex and grade differences in school anxiety: Study with a sample of Spanish high school students a137-1480 v173 aLittle is known about sex and grade differences in diverse situations and response systems of school anxiety. The aim of this study was to analyze these differences in Spanish high school students. The School Anxiety Inventory (SAI) was administered to a sample of 1,409 students (48% male) aged 12 to 18 years. Girls showed significantly higher scores than boys in Anxiety related with: School Failure and Punishment, Aggression, Social Evaluation and Test Anxiety, as well as in Cognitive, Behavioral and Psychophysiological Anxiety. However, these differences were of small magnitude. Furthermore, grade 7 students showed significantly higher scores than their classmates from other grades in all factors of the SAI, except in Anxiety related with Test Anxiety. There were statistically significant differences across grade levels of small to moderate magnitude. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract) a1134-7937 a2174-0437