Smiling when distressed: When a smile is a frown turned upside down

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 763-775

  Ansfield, Matthew E ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Nonverbal behavior; Self presentation; Self regulation; Smiling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; RECUMBENCY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DECEPTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SMILING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249703020     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206297398     Document Type: Article

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