Several studies coincidently affirm that a high test anxiety is associated, en general, to low study skills and the use of surface information processing strategies, existing reciprocal influences between these variables. According to this perspective, learning strategies were evaluated in 816 high, medium and low test anxious university students. Additionally, relationships between four test anxiety dimensions and learning strategies were analyzed. High tests anxious students used more frequently, rehearsal and academic help seeking strategies, and low anxious, reflexive strategies. Lack of confidence correlated negatively with reflexive study strategies, rehearsal, academic help seeking, and time and effort managing. In opposite way, worry correlated positively with three of those strategies.

Introduction: Academic social participation addresses student engagement behaviors that involve social interactions with peers and teachers. Objective: Perceived teacher behavior, task value, academic self-efficacy, class enjoyment and shame’s role in predicting academic social participation was analyzed. Method: Psychology students from a large national university completed self-report questionnaires assessing the model variables. A proposed model was evaluated by path analysis. Results: Model showed good fit to the data, explaining 31% of variance. Positive influences were detected of perceived teacher behavior on task value (β = 0.42), academic self-efficacy (β = 0.19), and class enjoyment (β = 0.24); of task value on class enjoyment (β = 0.52); and of class enjoyment on academic social participation (β = 0.44). Academic self-efficacy negatively affected class shame (β = -0.38), while class shame (β = -0.44) and task value (β = -0.24) showed a negative influence on academic social participation. Conclusion: Utility of modifying teacher behavior and motivation as a means to affect emotion was demonstrated. Class enjoyment and shame were the stronger predictors of academic social participation. Individual variables’ importance in moderating contextual influence on engagement was suggested.

Objective: An Achievement Task Value Scale Spanish Language Adjusted Version, assessing task value items corresponding to importance, utility, interest and cost, was evaluated regarding its psychometric properties, in a sample of Argentine students. Method: In order to assess internal structure, exploratory and confirmatory strategies have been used. Besides, scale convergence was assessed by relating them with a one-dimensional task value scale. Evidences of criterion validity were supported by relating scales with enjoyment, achievement goals, and attention. Finally, internal consistency was estimated using Cronbach’s Alpha and Omega coefficients. Conclusions: Results allow to state that this version of the instrument makes it possible to assess, in a reliable and valid way, three components of task value: utility, interest, and cost.

Se evaluaron las propiedades psicométricas de una adaptación al español del AGQ-R (Elliot & Murayama, 2008) en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios argentinos (292). Se confirmaron las estructuras factoriales y dimensionales hipotetizadas, las cuales también demostraron ser superiores a otros modelos alternativos. Los valores de consistencia interna para cada escala fue elevada. Se obtuvo evidencias de la utilidad de las escalas al evaluar los efectos de las cuatro metas de logro sobre valor de la tarea, autoeficacia social académica, disfrute, vergüenza y rendimiento académico. De esta manera, el A-AGQ-R sería un instrumento con buenas propiedades de validez y confiabilidad. Finalmente, estos resultados brindan una versión validada del AGQ-R para su uso en estudiantes universitarios argentinos.