Mediational effects of sensation seeking on the age and financial risk-taking relationship

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 917-921

  Zabel, Kevin L ^a   Christopher, Andrew N ^a   Marek, Pam ^b   Wieth, Mareike B ^a   Carlson, Jacqueline J ^a  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Mediation; Risk taking; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849112058     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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