Performance and conditioning studies

The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 228-260

  Ávila, César ^a   Torrubia, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 84926975020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511819384.008     Document Type: Chapter

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