Translation of a scale measuring cognitive test anxiety (G-CTAS) and its psychometric examination among medical students in Germany

2020/09/15 by Alexandra Ştefan, Stefan, Alexandra, Christina M Berchtold +3 · 1 citation
Health Professions · Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills #Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale #Gender #Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout #Itemanalyse #Medical Education and Admissions #Medicine #Medizinstudierende #Prüfungsangst #Prüfungsleistung #Staatsexamen #Validitätsprüfung #cognitive test anxiety scale #gender #item analysis #medical students #psychische Belastung #psychological stress #state examination #test anxiety #test performance #validity check #worry

paper · doi:10.3205/zma001343

openalex publication_date 2020/09/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19

Abstract

With G-CTAS a suitable measuring instrument for cognitive test anxiety within the German-speaking world is available, which can be used, among other things, for studies concerning the relationship between stress, exams and test anxiety among medical students.

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