Neuroticism and Responsiveness to Error Feedback: Adaptive Self-Regulation Versus Affective Reactivity

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1469-1496

  Robinson, Michael D ^a   Moeller, Sara K ^a   Fetterman, Adam K ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956274108     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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