Smith, Carmody Leerssen, authorLangstraat, Lisa, advisorJacobi, Tobi, committee memberDavies, Timothy, committee member2022-04-062022-04-062010https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234613Covers not scanned.Print version deaccessioned 2022.Writing anxiety has been a part of composition scholarship for many years, but the research has failed to adequately address the effect it has on adult students. Early research on writing anxiety was primarily cognitively based and focused on quantitative data analysis such as Daly and Miller’s Writing Apprehension Assessment from 1975. These cognitively based research strategies are useful and valuable to composition and for understanding writing anxiety, but in this thesis I argue that it is now time we move beyond the notion that writing anxiety is an internal, mental barrier to writing success and instead look at the causes as well as strategies for alleviating writing anxiety through a critical emotion studies lens. By using a critical emotion studies framework, we can begin to understand writing anxiety as a social and cultural construct that is created through the individual’s relationship with writing.masters thesesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Psychological aspectsAdult students -- PsychologyText