Perceived fear appeals and examination performance: Facilitating or debilitating outcomes?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-232

  Putwain, Dave ^a   Symes, Wendy ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Fear appeals; Fear of failure; Motivation; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952106391     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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