Individual differences in vigilance: Personality, ability and states of stress

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-308

  Shaw, Tyler H ^a   Matthews, Gerald ^b   Warm, Joel S ^c   Finomore, Victor S ^c   Silverman, Leanne ^d   Costa, Paul T ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability; Attentional resources; Extraversion; Five Factor Model; Mood; Stress; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953479465     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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