Social messages of crying faces: Their influence on anticipated person perception, emotions and behavioural responses

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 878-886

  Hendriks, Michelle C P ^a,b   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Research Institute for Psychology and Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 33748366804     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930500450218     Document Type: Article

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