Effects of humor on test anxiety and performance

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1203-1213

  Perlini, Arthur H ^a   Nenonen, Roger G ^b   Lind, David E ^b  

^a ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0033146283     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.3c.1203     Document Type: Article

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