Regulating anger and sadness: An exploration of discrete emotions in emotion regulation

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-427

  Rivers, Susan E ^a   Brackett, Marc A ^a   Katulak, Nicole A ^a   Salovey, Peter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; emotion regulation; emotional intelligence; gender differences; sadness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547676342     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-006-9017-2     Document Type: Article

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