Satisfaction judgments in positive and negative moods: Effects of concurrent assimilation and contrast producing processes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 883-895

  Abele, Andrea E ^a   Gendolla, Guido H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0033247463     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167299025007010     Document Type: Article

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