Great expectations: Different high-risk activities satisfy different motives

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 458-475

  Barlow, Matthew ^a   Woodman, Tim ^a   Hardy, Lew ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Emotion regulation; Mountaineering; Risk taking sport; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUNTAINEERING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AVIATION; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUNTAINEERING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84882580807     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033542     Document Type: Article

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