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Assessing the Multi-faceted Nature of Test Anxiety Among Secondary School Students: An English Version of the German Test Anxiety Questionnaire: PAF-E

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Pages 450-468 | Received 25 Jan 2015, Accepted 22 Aug 2015, Published online: 25 Sep 2015

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