Adaptation to examination stress in first and second year university students

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-186

  Carreras, P ^a   Fernandez Castro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Examinations; Heart rate; Stress; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032356991     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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