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| Author(s): |
Monteiro Peluso, Marco Aurelio
[1]
;
Savalli, Carine
[2]
;
Curi, Mariana
[3]
;
Gorenstein, Clarice
[1]
;
Andrade, Laura Helena
[1]
Total Authors: 5
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Sect Psychiat Epidemiol LIM 23, Inst Psychiat, BR-05403010 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Math & Stat, BR-05403010 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Math & Comp Sci, Dept Appl Math & Stat, BR-05403010 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria; v. 32, n. 1, p. 30-36, MAR 2010. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 5 |
| Abstract | |
OBJECTIVE: Academic examinations are an important source of stress for students. This study is intended to assess senior high school students' mood changes during the preparation for a very important academic examination, the Brazilian university admission examination. METHOD: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Expanded Form was used to assess the students three times in the course of the months preceding the examination. RESULTS: ANOVA for repeated measures showed that Negative Affect increased as the examination approached, and that this increment was already present months before the examinationtookplace. Asingle conditionallyindependent random effect model showed that time spent studying was associated with fluctuations in mood. CONCLUSION: Teenagers, in preparation for a very important examination, may present mood disturbances associated with both the proximity of the examination and their study load months before the examination actually takes place. Other stressing factors may play a role in these findings and should be further investigated. (AU) | |