Individual differences in performance, workload, and stress in sustained attention: Optimism and pessimism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 444-451

  Szalma, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Configural displays; Individual differences; Optimism; Pessimism; Stress; Sustained attention; Vigilance; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349140652     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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