Personality differences in suppression of behavior as a function of the probability of punishment

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-260

  Avila C ^a   Torrubia, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BAS; BIS; Disinhibition; Sensitivity to reward and punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646393272     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.12.019     Document Type: Article

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