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  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/separate-the-anxiety-signal-from-the-readiness-signal",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0806",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Separate the anxiety signal from the readiness signal",
  "summary": "A feeling and a performance check answer different questions.",
  "kind": "principle",
  "body": "Track two channels separately. Anxiety tells you about current distress or arousal. Readiness comes from representative performance evidence. Respond to each with the appropriate action: support or regulation for distress, targeted practice for performance gaps. They can move together, but they do not have to.",
  "limits": [
    "Severe or persistent anxiety that disrupts daily functioning deserves appropriate professional support; this card is not diagnosis or treatment."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-assessment-execution-and-pressure"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-AA66BDB31D914736",
    "RS-42804D3F43DFDA41"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Meta-analytic evidence links test anxiety with educational outcomes, but anxiety level and actual readiness are not the same measurement.",
      "source_id": "RS-AA66BDB31D914736",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Association does not mean anxiety alone explains a person's performance.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    },
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis of randomized trials in test-anxious university students found interventions reduced test anxiety and improved academic performance on average, while reporting quality and publication bias warrant caution.",
      "source_id": "RS-42804D3F43DFDA41",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The evidence does not identify a single self-help technique that is best for every person.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "Feeling nervous is being treated as proof that you are unprepared, or feeling calm is being treated as proof that you are ready."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Severe or persistent anxiety that disrupts daily functioning deserves appropriate professional support; this card is not diagnosis or treatment."
  ],
  "example": "You feel tense before a mock but still produce accurate, timed answers. The pressure deserves management; it does not automatically justify reopening the whole syllabus.",
  "check": "The next action is based on whether the problem is distress, performance, or both.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-AA66BDB31D914736",
      "title": "Test anxiety effects, predictors, and correlates: A 30-year meta-analytic review",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29156362/"
    },
    {
      "id": "RS-42804D3F43DFDA41",
      "title": "The efficacy of interventions for test-anxious university students: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30826687/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0806",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0807",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/reappraise-arousal-as-activation-not-a-verdict"
    },
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0806",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0809",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/escalate-persistent-test-anxiety-instead-of-adding-more-study-hours"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-CA34E7FAC31037A8",
      "title": "Keep assessment preparation executable under pressure",
      "url": "/collections/keep-assessment-preparation-executable-under-pressure"
    }
  ]
}