Feelings or words? Understanding the content in self-report ratings of experienced emotion

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 266-281

  Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 3543028629     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.2.266     Document Type: Article

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