The motive to avoid failure and test anxiety responses: Empirical support for integration of two research traditions

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-57

  Hagtvet, Knut A ^b   Benson, Jeri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Motive to avoid failure; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031511248     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615809708249294     Document Type: Article

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