End-of-Semester Syndrome: How Situational Regulatory Fit Affects Test Performance Over an Academic Semester

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 376-385

  Grimm, Lisa R ^a   Markman, Arthur B ^b   Maddox, W Todd ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84864595672     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2012.693427     Document Type: Article

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