The Impact of Trait Anxiety on Self-frame and Decision Making

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-19

  Peng, Jiaxi ^a   Xiao, Wei ^a   Yang, Yebing ^a   Wu, Shengjun ^a   Miao, Danmin ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision making; Self frame; Suppressing effect; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890430841     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1783     Document Type: Article

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