Abstract
The study was conducted to investigate the cognitive behaviors of high and low trait-anxious children under stress. Six categories of cognitive behavior were inferred from a Think Aloud procedure that took place while 30 4th-grade children anticipated taking an important arithmetic test. The children's trait anxiety scores from Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children were found to be related to the extent to which the children responded to the stressful situation with the cognitive behaviors of preoccupation, justification of positive attitude, and derogation of other. These results parallel those found with adults and suggest that there is a continuity from at least elementary school years to adulthood in some of the cognitive behaviors exhibited by high and low trait-anxious individuals under stress. Only a longitudinal study, however, can fully assess this notion. The Think Aloud procedure for assessing children's cognitive behaviors was found to have considerable utility.
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