Consensual and behavioral validity of a measure of adaptive individual differences dimensions in human motivation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-319

  Bernard, Larry C ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Individual differences; Measurement; Motivation; Motives; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71349086686     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-009-9131-7     Document Type: Article

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