A new measure for the revised reinforcement sensitivity theory: Psychometric criteria and genetic validation

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Reuter, Martin ^a   Cooper, Andrew J ^b   Smillie, Luke D ^c   Markett, Sebastian ^a   Montag, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; AVPR1a; Fear; Reinforcement sensitivity theory; Revised RST questionnaire; rs11174811

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYSTEM; FEMALE; FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZING SYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT SENSITIVITY THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84928162309     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00038     Document Type: Article

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