The Test Anxiety Measure for Adolescents (TAMA): Examination of the Reliability and Validity of the Scores of a New Multidimensional Measure of Test Anxiety for Middle and High School Students

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 404-416

  Lowe, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

middle and high school students; reliability; test anxiety; test anxiety measure for adolescents; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902975110     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282913520595     Document Type: Article

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