Assessing competition avoidance as a basic personality dimension

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-192

  Ryckman, Richard ^a,c   Thornton, Bill ^b   Gold, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition avoidance; Mental health; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649620061     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.143.2.175-192     Document Type: Article

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