Affect intensity: Separating intensity and frequency in repeatedly measured affect

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1313-1329

  Schimmack, Ulrich ^a   Diener, Ed ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0031317431     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.6.1313     Document Type: Article

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