The creative self, the effects on test anxiety and also of the learning motivation at high-school students

Abstract

The current study analyses the need of developing psychoeducational programmes as a lowering motivation for study has been noticed, observing thus the need of growing, or, better said, taking advantage of the teenager ‘s creativity, the studies show the relationship between creativity and the way of thinking, therefore the student that has a high level of creative self- efficiency is more determined to take action. Also, we can consider this aspect a useful means of action at the testing moment, a real problem among teenager student is represented by testing anxiety. Learning is an innate need of man in general, and the psycho-pedagogical and psycho-educational programmes based on expressive-creative techniques can therefore relax the teenager student and can help him/her to connect with the Self so that he/she discovers this need for learning. Developing creativity and, at the same time, creative self-efficiency can help the student become motivated to take action, discovering new ways of reacting at the moment when testing anxiety occurs.