Can men do better if they try harder: Sex and motivational effects on emotional awareness

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-141

  Ciarrochi, Joseph ^a   Hynes, Keiren ^a   Crittenden, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 12544253359     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930441000102     Document Type: Article

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