Subjective impact, meaning making, and current and recalled emotions for self-defining memories

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 811-846

  Wood, Wendy Jo ^a   Conway, Michael ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 33646586684     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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