Relationships between measures of I- and D-type curiosity, ambiguity tolerance, and need for closure: An initial test of the wanting-liking model of information-seeking

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-402

  Litman, Jordan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity tolerance; I D model of curiosity; Need for closure; Trait curiosity; Wanting and liking

Indexed keywords

EID: 73749085570     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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