BIS- and BAS-activation and study outcomes: A mediation study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 474-479

  Van Beek, Ilona ^a   Kranenburg, Ilse C ^a   Taris, Toon W ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Overcommitment; Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory; Study engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880037970     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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