Test score stability and the relationship of Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College Version scores to external variables among graduate students

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-81

  Lowe, Patricia A ^a   Peyton, Vicki ^a   Reynolds, Cecil R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale College Version (AMAS C); Graduate students; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846966730     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282906293698     Document Type: Article

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