Academic-related stress among private secondary school students in India

Asian Education and Development Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 118-134

  Deb, Sibnath ^a   Strodl, Esben ^b   Sun, Jiandong ^b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic stress; Exam anxiety; India; Secondary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926178172     PISSN: 20463162     EISSN: 20463170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AEDS-02-2013-0007     Document Type: Article

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