Carver and White's (1994) BIS/BAS scales and their relationship to risky health behaviours

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-93

  Voigt, Danielle C ^a   Dillard, James P ^a   Braddock, Kurt H ^a   Anderson, Jason W ^b   Sopory, Pradeep ^c   Stephenson, Michael T ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; BAS; BIS; Diet; Drugs; Inactivity; Sex; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349234080     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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