Towards a multi-methodological approach in the assessment of sensation seeking

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-249

  Roth, Marcus ^a   Hammelstein, Philipp ^b   Brähler, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Personality assessment; Sensation seeking; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649097333     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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