Beyond test anxiety: Development and validation of the Test Emotions Questionnaire (TEQ)

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-316

  Pekrun, Reinhard ^a   Goetz, Thomas ^a   Perry, Raymond P ^b   Kramer, Klaudia ^c   Hochstadt, Michaela ^d   Molfenter, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Learning; Test anxiety; Test emotions; Test Emotions Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344264016     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800412331303847     Document Type: Article

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