Development and validation of the Statistical Anxiety Scale

Psicothema

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-180

  Vigil Colet, Andreu ^a   Lorenzo Seva, Urbano ^a   Condon, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 38549094625     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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