Pain and pleasure in short essay writing: Factors predicting university students writing anxiety and writing self-efficacy

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-360

  Martinez, Christy Teranishi ^a   Kock, Ned ^b   Cass, Jeffrey ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^b Texas A and M International University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Article; Assessment; College; Motivation; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951628962     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.54.5.5     Document Type: Article

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