Test anxiety and intelligence testing: A closer examination of the stage-fright hypothesis and the influence of stressful instruction

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-91

  Meijer, Joost ^a   Oostdam, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Intelligence; Memory; Reasoning ability; Test anxiety; Verbal ability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33947378283     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800600967862     Document Type: Article

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