Type-A behaviour pattern's (Global and main components) attentional performance, cardiovascular reactivity, and causal attributions in the presence of different levels of interference

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-93

  Pérez García, Ana M ^a   Sanjuán, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 0029691141     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)00134-R     Document Type: Article

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