The relationship between the Biosocial Model of Personality and susceptibility to emotional contagion: A structural equation modeling approach

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Lundqvist, Lars Olov ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biosocial Model of Personality; Emotion; Emotional contagion; LISREL; Personality; Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649101334     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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