Testing the fear and anxiety distinction in the BIS/BAS scales in community and heroin-dependent samples

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 888-892

  Dissabandara, Lakal O ^a,b,c   Loxton, Natalie J ^c   Dias, Shavindra R ^b   Daglish, Mark ^c   Stadlin, Alfreda ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BIS BAS; Clinical; Community; Heroin; Psychometric; RST

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858750555     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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