The nature of awe: Elicitors, appraisals, and effects on self-concept

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 944-963

  Shiota, Michelle N ^a   Keltner, Dacher ^a   Mossman, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MUSIC; NARRATIVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 34547552866     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930600923668     Document Type: Article

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