Identifying Patterns of Appraising Tests in First-Year College Students: Implications for Anxiety and Emotion Regulation During Test Taking

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 942-960

  Davis, Heather A ^a   DiStefano, Christine ^b   Schutz, Paul A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive appraisals; coping; emotion regulation; test anxiety; test taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349134338     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013096     Document Type: Article

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