Measuring emotional expression with the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-286

  Kahn, Jeffrey H ^a   Tobin, Renée M ^a   Massey, Audra E ^a   Anderson, Jennifer A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547240121     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20445398     Document Type: Article

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