Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory and emotion regulation difficulties: A multimodal investigation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 989-994

  Tull, Matthew T ^a   Gratz, Kim L ^a   Latzman, Robert D ^a   Kimbrel, Nathan A ^b   Lejuez, C W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral activation system; Behavioral inhibition system; Emotion regulation; Fight flight freeze system; Reinforcement sensitivity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956886472     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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