Psychometric properties of the French versions of the BIS/BAS scales and the SPSRQ

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 987-998

  Caci, Hervé ^a   Deschaux, Olivier ^b   Baylé, Franck J ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b Faculté des Sciences   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

BAS; BIS; Cross cultural; Factor analysis; Psychometric properties; Reward sensitivity theory; Sensitivity to reward; Sensivitity to punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846353234     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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