Fear and anxiety as separable emotions: An investigation of the revised reinforcement sensitivity theory of personality

Emotion

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-261

  Perkins, Adam M ^a   Kemp, Samantha E ^a   Corr, Philip J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Military training; Revised reinforcement sensitivity theory of personality; Tactical judgment in combat scenarios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34249108504     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.7.2.252     Document Type: Article

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