Gender-related worry and emotionality test anxiety for high-achieving students

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-162

  Williams, Janice E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030545508     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(199604)33:2<159::aid-pits9>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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