Emotional reactivity to everyday problems, affective inertia, and neuroticism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-136

  Suls, Jerry ^a   Green, Peter ^b   Hillis, Stephen ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032221139     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167298242002     Document Type: Article

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