Science anxiety as a function of gender and experience

Sex Roles

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 119-131

  Brownlow, Sheila ^a   Jacobi, Tara ^a   Rogers, Molly ^a  

^a CATAWBA COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0033622391     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007040529319     Document Type: Article

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