Cognition, anxiety, and prediction of performance in 1st-year law students

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 420-429

  Díaz, Rolando J ^b   Glass, Carol R ^a   Arnkoff, Diane B ^b   Tanofsky Kraff, Marian ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035624320     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.93.2.420     Document Type: Article

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