Measuring perceived test anxiety in adolescents: A self-report scale

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1035-1046

  Friedman, Isaac A ^a   Bendas Jacob, Orit ^b  

^a Henrietta Szold Institute for Research in Behavioral Sciences Israel   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031475976     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164497057006012     Document Type: Article

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