Not having what you want Versus having what you do not want: The impact of type of negative outcome on the experience of disappointment and related emotions

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-148

  Van Dijk, Wilco W ^a,c   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^b   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001482248     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026999399379302     Document Type: Article

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