Changes in and Effects of Anxiety on English Test Performance in Chinese Postgraduate EFL Classrooms

Table 8

Multiple regression coefficients and significance of Predictors for Performance in English (phase 1).

		ELCAS1	ELCAS5	DAS
Speaking	β	−0.364	−0.195	0.176
	t	−5.498	−2.888	2.811
		0.000	0.004	0.005
	VIF	1.725	1.785	1.533
	Cohen’s f^2	0.18	0.2	0.22
Listening	β	−0.256
	t	−4.76
		0.000
	VIF	1
	Cohen’s f^2	0.07
Reading	β		−0.169
	t		−3.083
			0.002
	VIF		1
	Cohen’s f^2		0.03
	ELCAS4	FAS	ELCAS
Writing	β	−0.153	0.139
	t	−2.777	2.531
		0.006	0.012
	VIF	1.024	1.024
	Cohen’s f^2	0.031	0.052
Total	β			−0.317
	t			−5.993
				0.000
	VIF			1
	Cohen’s f^2			0.11

Note. ; . Effect size of Cohen’s f²: small = f² ≤ .02; medium = f² = .15; large = f² ≥ .35 [49].