The envious mind

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 449-479

  Miceli, Maria ^a   Castelfranchi, Cristiano ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRUSTRATION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HELPLESSNESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JEALOUSY; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 34247598797     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930600814735     Document Type: Article

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