48 KB306 KB42 KB199220252011Kozina, Analetnik:20številka:4str. 45-58ISSN:1318-1874COBISSID:2292311URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-K6PHYFDAslDruštvo psihologov SlovenijePsihološka obzorja (Ljubljana)age differencesanksioznostanxietydijakigender differencesLestvica anksioznosti za otroke in mladostnike (LOAM)LOAM Anxiety scaleprimary school studentsrazlike med spolomasecondary school studentsspolstarostne razlikeučenciAnksioznost učencev in dijakov v Sloveniji| Anxiety of elementary and secondary school students in Slovenia| gender and age analyses| vzorec razlik po spolu in starosti|Anxiety is defined as a multidimensional response with emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological domain with the anticipation of threat. Anxiety negatively interferes with the adaptive functioning of students in elementary and secondary schools and needs to be investigated in detail. The present article examines age and gender differences in representative samples of elementary (4th and 8th grade students) and secondary school students (students of 4th grade in Matura programs). The LAOM anxiety scale that measures anxiety with its components (emotional and cognitive) in students in schools was used. Based on the results of two-way ANOVA important age, gender and the interaction effect is evident in analyzed data. 8th grade female students are more anxious compared to 8th grade male students. The gender differences in 4th grade elementary sample and secondary school sample were not significant. 8th grade students are more anxious compared to 4th grade students, secondary school students are least anxious compared to both elementary school samples. The results are congruent with the findings of the research literature indicating higher anxiety of females when compared to males and higher anxiety of older students when compared to younger students. The paper offers important findings regarding age and gender differences in representative school samples in Slovenia and proposes future research in direction of including different age groups and different measures of anxiety in the analysesAnksioznost je čustveni, kognitivni, vedenjski in fiziološki odziv posameznikaz zaznavo nevarnosti ali grožnje, katerega vzroka se posameznik ne zaveda. Ponavadi ima številne negativne posledice in moti delovanje učencev indijakov tako doma kot v šoli. Prispevek primerja anksioznost (čustvene in kognitivne komponente) po spolu in v treh starostnih skupinah: mlajši učenci (učenci 4. razreda osnovne šole), starejši učenci (učenci 8. razreda osnovne šole) ter dijaki (dijaki 4. letnikov programov splošne mature). Uporabili smo lestvico anksioznosti za otroke in mladostnike LAOM za merjenje splošne anksioznosti ter posameznih komponent anksioznosti v šolskem okolju (kognitivnih in čustvenih). Z dvosmerno analizo variance smo ugotovili pomemben učinek spremenljivk spola, starosti ter pomembne učinke interakcije obeh spremenljivk na anksioznost učencev in dijakov. Ugotavljamo, da so starejše učenke osnovne šole v primerjavi z učenci bolj anksiozne. V skupinah mlajših učencev in dijakov razlike med spoloma niso pomembne. Starejši učenci so v primerjavi z mlajšimi bolj anksiozni, dijaki pa manj anksiozni od obeh skupin osnovnošolcev. Vzorec razlik med različnimi skupinami je skladen z izsledki strokovne literature, ki ugotavljajo višjo anksioznost pri deklicah in višjo anksioznost pri starejših učencih. Prispevek podaja pomembne primerjave anksioznosti na reprezentativnem vzorcu slovenskih učencev in dijakov in obenem odpira nova raziskovalna vprašanja ter potrebo po preverjanju ugotovitev še na drugih starostnih skupinah in z drugimi pripomočki za merjenje anksioznostiTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaDruštvo psihologov Slovenije