Exploratory factor analysis of the mathematics anxiety scale

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-47

  Pajares, Frank ^a   Urdan, Tim ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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