Influence of test anxiety on measurement of intelligence

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-20

  Oostdam, Ron ^a   Meijer, Joost ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 0037315317     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.1.3     Document Type: Article

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