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Academic engagement partially mediates the negative relationship between test anxiety and study satisfaction among university students. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate the structural relationships among test anxiety, academic engagement, and study satisfaction in university students, examining engagement as an explanatory mediator.

August 28, 2026BMC PsychologyOpen Access

Test anxiety and satisfaction with studies: the mediating role of academic engagement in university students

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To evaluate the structural relationships among test anxiety, academic engagement, and study satisfaction in university students, examining engagement as an explanatory mediator.
Conducted a cross-sectional associative survey of 522 Peruvian university students (mean age 20.6 ± 2.17 years).
Administered standardized self-report measures (TAI-State, UWES-3S, and BSSWS) and analyzed latent variable relationships using Structural Equation Modeling with the WLSMV estimator.
Test anxiety demonstrated direct negative associations with study satisfaction (β = −0.154, p = 0.001) and academic engagement (β = −0.172, p < 0.001).
Academic engagement was strongly and positively associated with study satisfaction (β = 0.674, p < 0.001), statistically accounting for 37.32% of the total association between test anxiety and satisfaction.

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Cross-sectional study reveals that academic engagement mediates test anxiety's negative effect on study satisfaction in undergraduates, highlighting the utility of re-engagement interventions.

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Ramos-Gonzales et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9145ead15324a1df3a9210 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05433-1

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Cross-sectional study reveals that academic engagement mediates test anxiety's negative effect on study satisfaction in undergraduates, highlighting the utility of re-engagement interventions.

Test anxiety and satisfaction with studies: the mediating role of academic engagement in university students

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Test anxiety and satisfaction with studies: the mediating role of academic engagement in university students

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