Reinforcement sensitivity scales

The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 188-227

  Torrubia, Rafael ^a   Ávila, César ^b   Caseras, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

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EID: 51349164183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511819384.007     Document Type: Chapter

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