Effects of expertise on state self-efficacy and state worry during a computer-based certification test☆

摘要

This study investigated the relationship betweeen expertise, state self-efficacy, and state worry during the administration of a computerized job-related certification test. A certification test was created using multiple-choice formatted question items, evaluated using standard psychometric techniques, and administered through a computer-assisted testing system. A questionnaire survey instrument was administered to individuals who had just finished the certification test and who were willing to self-report how they felt during the administration of the certification test. The questionnaire survey contained two scales, state self-efficacy and state worry. Test participants who took the certification test and were classified as masters (experts) demonstrated both significantly higher levels of state self-efficacy and less state worry than those participants who took the same test and were classified as nonmasters. The results of this study were consistent with both the stated hypotheses and research literature.