Individual differences in risk-propensity: Associations between personality and behavioral measures of risk

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 869-873

  Mishra, Sandeep ^a   Lalumière, Martin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Future discounting; Impulsivity; Personality; Risk; Self control; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951678098     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.11.037     Document Type: Article

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