Negative incidental affect and mood congruency in crossed categorization

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-219

  Kenworthy, Jared B ^a   Canales, Carrie J ^a   Weaver, Kimberlee D ^b   Miller, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Anger; Crossed categorization; Intergroup aggression; Mood congruency; Negative affect; Sadness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037601715     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00022-2     Document Type: Review

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