Individual differences in emotion elicitation in university examinations: A quasi-experimental study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 176-180

  Krupić, Dino ^a   Corr, Philip J ^b  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Examination performance; Individual differences; Personality; Punishment; Reinforcement sensitivity theory; Reward; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906775743     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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