Sense of Coherence, Coping Strategies, and Test Anxiety as Predictors of Test Performance Among College Students

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-303

  Cohen, Miri ^a   Ben Zur, Hasida ^a   Rosenfeld, Michal J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Health and Social Welfare Division   (Israel)

Author keywords

coping strategies; performance; sense of coherence; test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649120638     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.15.3.289     Document Type: Article

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