Are the Monday blues all in the mind? The role of expectancy in the subjective experience of mood

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1133-1145

  Croft, Giles P ^a   Walker, Anne E ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035595325     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02666.x     Document Type: Article

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