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The Journal of Psychology
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Volume 74, 1970 - Issue 2
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A Test of the Inverted-U Hypothesis Relating Achievement Anxiety and Academic Test Performance

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Pages 267-273 | Received 29 Jan 1970, Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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