Positive perception: A three dimensional model and a scale

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-186

  Icekson, Tamar ^a   Pines, Ayala Malach ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Positive Perception Scale; Scale Construction; State trait

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868523262     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.08.034     Document Type: Article

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