Sensation Seeking and Participation in Physical Risk Sports

On the Psychobiology of Personality: Essays in Honor of Marvin Zuckerman

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 185-201

  Goma i Freixanet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044209-9/50012-9     Document Type: Chapter

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