Performance realism in test-anxious students

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 339-355

  Spence, Susan H ^a   Duric, Vlatka ^a   Roeder, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive theory; Performance; Self evaluation; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030366428     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615809608249410     Document Type: Article

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