The Development of a Short Form of the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-104

  Cooper, Andrew ^a   Gomez, Rapson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

factor analysis; item response theory; reinforcement sensitivity theory; sensitivity to punishment; sensitivity to reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449108755     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.29.2.90     Document Type: Article

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