Gender differences in punishment and reward sensitivity in a sample of Taiwanese college students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-483

  Li, Chiang shan Ray ^a   Huang, Chen Ying ^b   Lin, Wei yu ^b   Sun, Ching Wen Vincent ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavioral activation; Behavioral inhibition; Harm avoidance; Impulsivity; Novelty seeking; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147169988     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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