Action, emotion, and personality: Emerging conceptual integration

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 741-751

  Carver, Charles S ^a   Sutton, Steven K ^b   Scheier, Michael F ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034405204     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200268008     Document Type: Review

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