The effects of social anxiety and social skills on academic performance

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 347-366

  Strahan, Esther Y ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic persistence; Class rank; Emotional control; Social competence; Student retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290694     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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