Comparison of Traditional and Non-traditional Baccalaureate Nursing Students on Selected Components of Meichenbaum and Butler's Model of Test Anxiety

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 171-179

  Waltman, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; COGNITION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL, RETRAINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031116367     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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