The effects of Type A behavior and stress on the attribution of causality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 403-412

  Keinan, Giora ^a   Tal, Shiri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Stress; Type A behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144234798     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.04.018     Document Type: Article

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