Individual differences in approach and avoidance movements: How the avoidance motive influences response force

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 979-1014

  Puca, Rosa Maria ^a   Rinkenauer, Gerhard ^b,c   Breidenstein, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); REACTION TIME; SOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME; SOUND;

EID: 33745298634     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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