Assessing the offspring of workaholic parents: The children of workaholics screening test

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1127-1134

  Robinson, Bryan E ^a   Carroll, Jane J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033144037     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.3c.1127     Document Type: Article

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