Basic Principles of Psychic Suffering: A Preliminary Account

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 769-798

  Miceli, Maria ^a   Castelfranchi, Cristiano ^a  

^a Institute of Psychology   (Lesotho)

Author keywords

cognitive distress; frustration; negative emotion; suffering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031488736     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354397076003     Document Type: Article

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