Use and Abuse of Academic Examinations in Stress Research

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1055-1057

  Stowell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived stress; Psychoneuroendocrinology; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EXAMINATION; HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS;

ANXIETY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEST ANXIETY SCALE;

EID: 0346726016     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000097349.84109.1F     Document Type: Review

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