Assessment of the behavioral inhibition system and the behavioral approach system: Adaptation and validation of the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ) in a chilean sample

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 432-440

  Dufey, Michele ^a   Fernández, Ana María ^a   Mourgues, Catalina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Personality; Sensitivity to punishment; Sensitivity to reward; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954536424     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n1.39     Document Type: Article

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