Core affect, prototypical emotional episodes, and other things called emotion: Dissecting the elephant

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 805-819

  Russell, James A ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; EMOTION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

AFFECT; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033125011     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.5.805     Document Type: Article

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