Positive mood and future-oriented self-evaluation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-296

  Gervey, Ben ^a   Igou, Eric R ^b   Trope, Yaacov ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feedback seeking; Mood as a resource; Positive mood; Self evaluation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746819151     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-006-9011-3     Document Type: Review

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