Sakine Yılmaz, Demet Aktaş
Midwifery students' perceptions of clinical learning experiences and midwifery preceptors in Turkey
Nurse education in practice
working memory skills positively associated academic performance contrast high levels trait anxiety linked educational underachievement based eysenck calvos 1992 processing efficiency theory pet present study investigated whether associations anxiety educational achievement mediated via poor working memory performance fifty children aged 1112 years completed verbal backwards digit span tapping phonological storecentral executive spatial corsi blocks tapping visuospatial sketchpadcentral executive working memory tasks trait anxiety measured using statetrait anxiety inventory children academic performance assessed using school administered tests reasoning cognitive abilities test attainment standard assessment tests results showed association trait anxiety academic performance significantly mediated verbal working memory three six academic performance measures math quantitative nonverbal reasoning spatial working memory significantly mediate relationship trait anxiety academic performance average verbal working memory accounted 51 association trait anxiety academic performance spatial working memory accounted 9 findings indicate pet useful framework assess impact childrens anxiety educational achievement