The personality of the Scottish police officer: The issue of positive and negative affectivity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 661-667

  Biggam, Fiona H ^a   Power, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030161781     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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