Personality and psychophysiological profiles of police officer and firefighter recruits

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-215

  Salters Pedneault, Kristalyn ^a   Ruef, Anna M ^c   Orr, Scott P ^b,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Five Factor Personality Model; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952884134     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.03.037     Document Type: Article

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