Do highly test anxious students respond differentially to fear appeals made prior to a test?

Research in Education

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Putwain, David W ^a   Best, Natalie ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fear appeals; State anxiety; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873418896     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: 20504608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/RIE.88.1.1     Document Type: Article

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