The Measurement of Curiosity As a Feeling of Deprivation

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-157

  Litman, Jordan A ^a   Jimerson, Tiffany L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURIOSITY AS A FEELING OF DEPRIVATION SCALE; CURIOSITY QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1642351530     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8202_3     Document Type: Article

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