Risk taking and metamotivational state

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 155-165

  Howard, Rick ^a   Yan, Tay Sze ^a   Ling, Lee Hwee ^a   Min, Toh Shi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arousal seeking; Metamotivation; Negativism; Reversal theory; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644291748     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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