Differential models for math anxiety in male and female college students

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-318

  Haynes, A F ^a   Mullins, A G ^a   Stein, B S ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2142819392     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170490431304     Document Type: Article

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