Aspects of extraversion are unrelated to pleasant affective-reactivity: Further examination of the affective-reactivity hypothesis

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 580-587

  Smillie, Luke D ^a   Geaney, Joachim T ^a   Wilt, Joshua ^b   Cooper, Andrew J ^c   Revelle, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective reactivity; Extraversion; Happiness; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878783283     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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