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Stress experience and performance during an oral exam: the role of self-efficacy, threat appraisals, anxiety, and cortisol (2018)
Journal Article
Ringeisen, T., Lichtenfeld, S., Becker, S., & Minkley, N. (2019). Stress experience and performance during an oral exam: the role of self-efficacy, threat appraisals, anxiety, and cortisol. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 32(1), 50-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2018.1528528

Background and Objectives: High self-efficacy may reduce emotional and physiological stress responses in the context of an examination. The present study investigated how these stress responses develop on an exam day, and sequential indirect effects... Read More about Stress experience and performance during an oral exam: the role of self-efficacy, threat appraisals, anxiety, and cortisol.

Ambient Green and Creativity (2018)
Journal Article
Lichtenfeld, S., Maier, M., Buechner, V., & Elliot, A. (2018). Ambient Green and Creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 30(3), 305-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2018.1488197

This research examined an important applied question: whether viewing ambient green (relative to red) on the wall of a workspace would facilitate creativity. A methodologically sound experiment revealed no influence of green on creativity. Care must... Read More about Ambient Green and Creativity.

Enjoyment, Boredom, Anxiety in Elementary Schools in Two Domains: Relations with Achievement (2018)
Journal Article
Raccanello, D., Brondino, M., Moè, M., Stupnisky, R., & Lichtenfeld, S. (2019). Enjoyment, Boredom, Anxiety in Elementary Schools in Two Domains: Relations with Achievement. The Journal of Experimental Education, 87(3), 449-469. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2018.1448747

This study investigated the enjoyment, boredom, and anxiety of elementary school students and the relations of these emotions with achievement in two domains. Seven-hundred-and-sixty-seven second- and fourth-graders completed an adaptation of the Ach... Read More about Enjoyment, Boredom, Anxiety in Elementary Schools in Two Domains: Relations with Achievement.