Stuck in a rut: Perseverative response tendencies and the neuroticism-distress relationship

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-91

  Robinson, Michael D ^a   Wilkowski, Benjamin M ^a   Kirkeby, Ben S ^a   Meier, Brian P ^a,b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Emotion; Neuroticism; Perseveration; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; STEREOTYPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33244486072     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.135.1.78     Document Type: Article

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