Children's test anxiety and family interaction patterns

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-59

  Peleg Popko, Ora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communication; Family adaptability; Family cohesion; Family system maintenance; Personal growth; Test anxiety; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036521859     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800290007281     Document Type: Article

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