Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 133-143 , 15 June 2005

Measuring a behaviorally inhibited temperament style: Development and initial validation of new self-report measures

,Accepted 5 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.03.005

Psychiatry Research
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