Mood change in a stressful exam situation: The modifying role of temperament and motivational tendencies

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 839-844

  Marszał Wiśniewska, Magdalena ^a   Goryńska, Ewa ^b   Strelau, Jan ^a  

^a SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

BAS; BIS; Exam situation; Mood change; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858158066     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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