Forecasting feelings: The accuracy and effects of self-predictions of mood

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 631-650

  Totterdell, Peter ^a   Parkinson, Brian ^b   Briner, Rob B ^b   Reynolds, Shirley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031287002     PISSN: 08861641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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