The relationship between study anxiety and academic performance among engineering students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 490-497

  Vitasari, Prima ^a   Wahab, Muhammad Nubli Abdul ^a   Othman, Ahmad ^a   Herawan, Tutut ^b   Sinnadurai, Suriya Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITAS AHMAD DAHLAN   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Student; Study anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651258264     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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