The power of positive recollections: Reducing test anxiety and enhancing college student efficacy and performance

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 732-745

  Nelson, Donna Webster ^a   Knight, Ashley E ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952677978     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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