Learning to be saints or sinners: The indirect pathway from sensation seeking to behavior through mastery orientation

Journal of Personality

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 733-752

  O'Connor, Peter J ^a   Jackson, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SENSATION;

ADULT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; SENSATION;

EID: 53749091173     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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