Test anxiety, perfectionism, goal orientation, and academic performance

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-178

  Eum, Koun ^a   Rice, Kenneth G ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Goal orientation; Grade point average; Perfectionism; Test anxiety; Word recall

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251575645     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2010.488723     Document Type: Article

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