The effects of test anxiety, age, intelligence level, and arithmetic ability on Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test performance

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 178-185

  Wills, Sally ^a   Leathem, Janet ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

PASAT; Test anxiety; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 13944273314     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1104_2     Document Type: Article

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