Extraversion, threat categorizations, and negative affect: A reaction time approach to avoidance motivation

Journal of Personality

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1397-1436

  Robinson, Michael D ^a   Meier, Brian P ^a   Vargas, Patrick T ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL CONTROL;

AFFECT; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 25444442047     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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