Self-control strength in the relation between trait test anxiety and state anxiety

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 738-741

  Bertrams, Alex ^a   Englert, Chris ^a   Dickhäuser, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Ego depletion; Emotion; Self control; Self regulation; Test; Volition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449302106     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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