The Test Anxiety Inventory for Children and Adolescents (TAICA): Examination of the psychometric properties of a new multidimensional measure of test anxiety among elementary and secondary school students

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-230

  Lowe, Patricia A ^a,b   Lee, Steven W ^a   Witteborg, Kristin M ^a   Prichard, Keri W ^a   Luhr, Megan E ^a   Cullinan, Christopher M ^a   Mildren, Bethany A ^a   Raad, Jennifer M ^a   Cornelius, Rebecca A ^a   Janik, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b 634 JRP Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Reliability; Test anxiety; Test Anxiety Inventory for Children and Adolescents; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249108354     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282907303760     Document Type: Article

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