What do we talk about when we talk about disappointment? Distinguishing outcome-related disappointment from person-related disappointment

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 787-807

  van Dijk, Wilco W ^a   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0036829574     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930143000563     Document Type: Article

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