A cross-national study was conducted on a new test anxiety measure, the Test Anxiety Measure for College Students-Short Form (TAMC-SF) in a sample of 1,023 Singapore and U.S. students, aged 18-26. The TAMC-SF consists of one facilitating anxiety scale and five test anxiety (Worry, Cognitive Interference, Social Concerns, Physiological Hyperarousal, and Task Irrelevant Behaviors) scales. The measure was administered to the sample of higher education students online. The results of single-group confirmatory factor analyses found support for the TAMC-SF six-factor model for Singapore students, U.S. students, male students, and female students. In addition, the results of multi-group, mean and covariance structure analysis found support for the construct equivalency of the TAMC-SF scores across country and gender. Latent mean factor analyses followed and the results of these analyses indicated Singapore students had significantly higher levels of social concerns and significantly lower levels of cognitive interference and worry than U.S. students. The findings also indicated females had significantly higher levels of test anxiety than males on all five TAMC-SF test anxiety scales. Evidence supporting the construct validity of the TAMC-SF scores with the scores of math anxiety, social phobia, and self-critical perfectionism was also reported. Implications of the study’s findings for researchers and clinicians are discussed.

对一项新的考试焦虑量度进行了跨国研究，即大学生考试焦虑量表 - 简短表格 (TAMC-SF)，样本包括 1,023 名 18-26 岁的新加坡和美国学生。TAMC-SF 包括一个促进焦虑量表和五个测试焦虑量表（担心、认知干扰、社会关注、生理过度觉醒和与任务无关的行为）量表。该措施是针对在线高等教育学生的样本进行的。单组验证性因素分析的结果支持新加坡学生、美国学生、男学生和女学生的 TAMC-SF 六因素模型。此外，多组、均值和协方差结构分析的结果支持跨国家和性别的 TAMC-SF 分数的结构等效性。随后进行了潜在平均因素分析，这些分析的结果表明，与美国学生相比，新加坡学生的社会关注程度明显更高，而认知干扰和担忧程度也明显更低。研究结果还表明，在所有五个 TAMC-SF 测试焦虑量表中，女性的测试焦虑水平明显高于男性。还报告了支持 TAMC-SF 分数与数学焦虑、社交恐惧和自我批评完美主义分数的结构有效性的证据。讨论了研究结果对研究人员和临床医生的影响。研究结果还表明，在所有五个 TAMC-SF 测试焦虑量表中，女性的测试焦虑水平明显高于男性。还报告了支持 TAMC-SF 分数与数学焦虑、社交恐惧和自我批评完美主义分数的结构有效性的证据。讨论了研究结果对研究人员和临床医生的影响。研究结果还表明，在所有五个 TAMC-SF 测试焦虑量表中，女性的测试焦虑水平明显高于男性。还报告了支持 TAMC-SF 分数与数学焦虑、社交恐惧和自我批评完美主义分数的结构有效性的证据。讨论了研究结果对研究人员和临床医生的影响。