On the status of individual response specificity

Psychophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Marwitz, Michael ^b   Stemmler, Gerhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Individual response specificity; Personality; Review; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEAR; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOMATICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031974813     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577298960164     Document Type: Article

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