Getting a grip on your feelings: Effects of action orientation and external demands on intuitive affect regulation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 974-990

  Koole, Sander L ^a   Jostmann, Nils B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLITION;

EID: 10244245417     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.974     Document Type: Article

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