Temperamental traits in mice (I): Factor structure

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-265

  Ibáñez, Manuel I ^a   Ávila, César ^a   Ruipérez, María A ^a   Moro, Micaela ^a   Ortet, Generós ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity; Anxiety; Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis; Novelty seeking; Outbred mice; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947731990     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.11.029     Document Type: Article

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