Test of sensation seeking in a Chinese sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-179

  Wang, Wei ^a   Wu, Yi Xiao ^a   Peng, Zhi Guo ^b   Lu, Si Wei ^c   Yu, Lian ^a   Wang, Guo Ping ^a   Fu, Xian Ming ^a   Wang, Ye Han ^a  

^a ANHUI PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Ningguo Hosp of Traditional Chinese   (China)

^c Sanko Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Age effect; Chinese culture; Gender effect; Item loading; Principal component analysis; Zuckerman's sensation seeking scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033632885     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00092-6     Document Type: Article

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