Crying: Discussing its basic reasons and uses

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-273

  Miceli, Maria ^a   Castelfranchi, Cristiano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Coping appraisal; Crying; Emotions; Perceived helplessness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242679637     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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