Achievement motivation, anxiety and academic success in first year Master of Nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 419-430

  McEwan, Lynn ^a   Goldenberg, Dolly ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0033154702     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nedt.1999.0327     Document Type: Article

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