The enabling and protective role of academic buoyancy in the appraisal of fear appeals used prior to high stakes examinations

School Psychology International

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 605-619

  Symes, Wendy ^a   Putwain, David W ^b   Remedios, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic buoyancy; challenge; fear appeals; high stakes examinations; threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947754717     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034315610622     Document Type: Article

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