The intensity of emotion

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-22

  Brehm, Jack W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0033247132     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327957pspr0301_1     Document Type: Article

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