Academic expectations stress inventory: Development, factor analysis, reliability, and validity

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 522-539

  Ang, Rebecca P ^a,b   Huan, Vivien S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic stress; Asian; Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646511536     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405282461     Document Type: Review

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