Test anxiety in UK schoolchildren: Prevalence and demographic patterns

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 579-593

  Putwain, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 35348817269     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709906X161704     Document Type: Article

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