Motivated prediction of future feelings: Effects of negative mood and mood orientation on affective forecasts

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1265-1278

  Buehler, Roger ^a   McFarland, Cathy ^b   Spyropoulos, Vassili ^a   Lam, Kent C H ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective forecasting; Mood incongruence; Mood regulation; Reflection; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CANADA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CANADA; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548073395     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207303014     Document Type: Review

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