The General Factor of Personality, BIS-BAS, expectancies of reward and punishment, self-esteem, and positive and negative affect

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 762-766

  Erdle, Stephen ^a   Rushton, J Philippe ^b  

^a HURON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

BIS BAS; General Factor of Personality; Positive and negative affect; Self esteem; Sex; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349124868     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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