The purpose of this study is to know what kind of psychological change is shown by the high school students before and after the term-end examination.
The object was 328 public high school students. For the index of mental change, STAI of Japan was carried out. Also a subjective symptom questionnaire, and M-G test were done.
(1) STAI value of one week before the exam was the same as the average.
(2) On the whole, STATE value rose higher on the day before the exam, and one week after the exam it went back to the previous value. But the value of the day before the exam can be classified into 3 groups, (1) ascent type, (2) unchanged type, (3) decendant type. Change of the value after the exam can also be put into 3 groups.
(3) From the viewpoint of M-G, STATE value can be classified into 3 types, (1) comparatively, (3) medium, (3) low, in accordance with maladjustment type, mixed type, adaptation type in due order.
(4) Concerning the subjective symptoms, there were more students who had any kind of symptoms and more items complained by each student as the STATE value became higher. Regarding the character classification (by M-G), more symptoms were become aware of maladjustment type students than by mixed type students also, more by adjustment type students.
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