Using the BIS/BAS scales to measure behavioural inhibition and behavioural activation: Factor structure, validity and norms in a large community sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-58

  Jorm, A F ^a   Christensen, H ^a   Henderson, A S ^a   Jacomb, P A ^a   Korten A E ^a   Rodgers, B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0002734650     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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