The Need Inventory of Sensation Seeking (NISS)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Roth, Marcus ^a   Hammelstein, Philipp ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Need theory; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555218324     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000085     Document Type: Article

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