Characterizing Carver and White's BIS/BAS subscales using the Five Factor Model of personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 61-62, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-23

  Segarra, Pilar ^a   Poy, Rosario ^a   López, Raúl ^a   Moltó, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; BAS; BIS; Fear; Five Factor Model of personality; NEO PI R; Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896542515     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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