The multidimensionality of test anxiety: A test of different models

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-244

  Hodapp, Volker ^a   Benson, Jeri ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Construct validity; Model testing; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944437893     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615809708249302     Document Type: Article

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