Individual differences in adult attachment and reinforcement sensitivity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 205-210

  Jiang, Yixin ^a   Tiliopoulos, Niko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Behavioural Approach System; Behavioural Inhibition System; Fight Flight Freeze System; Motivation; Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901340419     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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