Developing a personality profile of the bomb-disposal expert: The role of sensation seeking and field dependence-independence

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-92

  Glicksohn, Joseph ^a   Bozna, Menahem ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bomb disposal; Field dependence; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033637904     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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