Savoring Versus Dampening: Self-Esteem Differences in Regulating Positive Affect

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 566-580

  Wood, Joanne V ^a   Heimpel, Sara A ^a   Michela, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0141818392     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.3.566     Document Type: Article

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