The role of emotions in comparative negligence judgments

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 576-603

  Feigenson, Neal ^a   Park, Jaihyun ^b   Salovey, Peter ^c  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035263746     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02057.x     Document Type: Article

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