Cognitive biases in the interpretation of autonomic arousal: A test of the construal bias hypothesis

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Ciani, Keith D ^a   Easter, Matthew A ^a   Summers, Jessica J ^b   Posada, Maria L ^c  

^a and Counseling Psychology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construal bias; Emotion; Physiological arousal; Self efficacy; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349090861     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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