Identifying the situational triggers underlying avoidance of communication situations and individual differences therein

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 438-443

  Frederickx, Sofie ^a   Van Mechelen, Iven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avoidance signatures; Cognitive affective forecasts; Individual differences; Personality; Situation selection avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555163881     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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