Bad Is Stronger Than Good

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-370

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Bratslavsky, Ellen ^a,c   Finkenauer, Catrin ^b   Vohs, Kathleen D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001546056     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.5.4.323     Document Type: Article

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