Investigating the effect of online testing anxiety on learners’ self-efficacy and the moderating role of coping strategies

Abstract

Online testing is one of the most worrying problems for learners for unforeseen reasons. This research aimed to investigate the influence of online anxiety on self-efficacy under the moderating effect of coping in private universities in Vietnam. The study used a random survey method to survey 344 students in eleven universities in Ho Chi Minh city This study uses a convenience sampling method. The results showed that online anxiety had a positive effect on self-efficiency, coping had a positive effect on self-efficiency, and coping had a moderator in this relationship. Research results contribute to the theoretical basis of the relationship between online anxiety, coping, and self-efficiency.