Fear of failure: Implications for military health care specialist student training

Work

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-474

  Rice, Valerie J ^a   Vu, Tan ^b   Butler, Jenny ^b   Marra, Diane ^c   Merullo, Donna ^d   Banderet, Louis ^d  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Karta Technologies   (United States)

^c Gerson Lehrman Group   (United States)

^d US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649141309     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0947     Document Type: Article

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