Personality and social attitudes: Evidence for positive-approach motivation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 846-851

  Corr, Philip J ^a   Hargreaves Heap, Shaun ^b   Tsutsui, Kei ^d   Russell, Alexandra ^c   Seger, Charles ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

BAS; BIS; FFM; Need for Closure; Need for Cognition; Personality; Prejudice; RWA; SDO; Social attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881614597     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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