Negativity bias, negativity dominance, and contagion

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 296-320

  Rozin, Paul ^a   Royzman, Edward B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035537625     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327957PSPR0504_2     Document Type: Article

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