Personality and Defensive Reactions: Fear, Trait Anxiety, and Threat Magnification

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1071-1090

  Perkins, Adam M ^a   Cooper, Andrew ^b   Abdelall, Maura ^b   Smillie, Luke D ^b   Corr, Philip J ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77953997534     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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