Statistics anxiety, trait anxiety, learning behavior, and academic performance

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-498

  Macher, Daniel ^a   Paechter, Manuela ^a   Papousek, Ilona ^a   Ruggeri, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Learning strategies; Procrastination; Statistics anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870859492     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-011-0090-5     Document Type: Article

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