An item response theory analysis of the Carver and White (1994) BIS/BAS Scales

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1093-1103

  Gomez, Rapson ^a   Cooper, Andrew ^a   Gomez, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

BIS and BAS measures; Item response theory; RST

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144514926     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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