Trait and state anxiety across academic evaluative contexts: development and validation of the MTEA-12 and MSEA-12 scales

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 348-363

  Sotardi, Valerie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anxiety; assessment; education; test anxiety; university; writing

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRITING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85041132411     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2017.1421948     Document Type: Article

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