Intolerance of ambiguity as a personality variable1

1962/03/01 by N. Y. Stanley Budner · 2,000 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Citation #Cognitive Abilities and Testing #Commonwealth #Computer science #Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies #Law #Library science #Personality #Political science #Psychology #Social psychology #Wife #Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1962.tb02303.x

published in Journal of Personality 30(1), 29-50 (Wiley)

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