"Hit Me, Maybe, One More Time": Brief measures of impulsivity and sensation seeking and their prediction of blackjack bets and sexual promiscuity

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-598

  Webster, Gregory D ^a   Crysel, Laura C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Big five; Ego threat; Gambling; Impulsivity; Item response theory; Measurement; Sensation seeking; Sexual behavior; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865779695     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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