Perfectionism, personality, and future-directed thinking: Further insights from revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 105, Issue , 2017, Pages 78-83

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Corr, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Future directed thinking; Hopelessness; Optimism; Perfectionism; Pessimism; Positive and negative expectations; Revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATION; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84988660490     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.041     Document Type: Article

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