Reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST): Introduction

The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-43

  Corr, Philip J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511819384.002     Document Type: Chapter

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