Bolder, happier, smarter: The role of extraversion in positive mood and cognition

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 827-832

  Stafford, Lorenzo D ^a   Ng, Wendy ^a   Moore, Roger A ^a   Bard, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BAS; Emotion; Extraversion; Mood; Personality; RST

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949337454     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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