Undergraduate engineering students beliefs, coping strategies, and academic performance: An evaluation of theoretical models

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-218

  Hsieh, Pei Hsuan ^a   Sullivan, Jeremy R ^b   Sass, Daniel A ^b   Guerra, Norma S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; anxiety; coping; goals; self efficacy; self regulation; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857342042     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2011.596853     Document Type: Article

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