Elements of unacceptable risk taking in combat units: An exercise in offender profiling

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-215

  Glicksohn, Joseph ^a   Ben Shalom, Uzi ^a,b   Lazar, Menahem ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

EPQ; Factors; Profiling; Risk taking; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342539774     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-6566(03)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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