01520nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001700118653002200135653002300157653002600180653002700206100002700233700001600260700002800276245007000304300001000374490000600384520087200390022001401262020001401276       1997                            d  c01/1997bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aTest anxiety10aEvaluative stress10aBehavioral anxiety10aPhysiological arousal10aself-focused attention1 aManuel Gutierrez Calvo1 aPedro Avero1 aAlejandro Jiménez Sosa00aTest anxiety: Psychological, behavioral and biological correlates  a61-750 v33 aSelf-report and objective measures of psycholo-gical, behavioral and biological characteristics were collected, in order to examine the nature of test anxiety. In multiple regression analyses, test anxiety was associated (a) with self-reported psychological maladjustment and psychosomatic disorders, but not with actual capacity and skills, cardiovascular fitness, or biochemical parame-ters of health; (b) under stress, it was associated with elevations in self-reported distress, and heart rate during anticipation of evaluation (but not during the tasks), and there were no diffe-rences in behavioral tension. It is concluded that there are no behavioral deficits or biological dysfunctions in test anxiety. The most important component seems a cognitive bias to self-focus on internal sources of information, and to en-dorse them a threat-related interpretation.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437