Psychometric characteristics of Carver and White's BIS/BAS scales in dutch adolescents and their mothers

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 500-507

  Yu, Rongqin ^a   Branje, Susan J T ^a   Keijsers, Loes ^a   Meeus, Wim H J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80052306074     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2011.595745     Document Type: Article

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