The Causal Effects of Emotion on Couples' Cognition and Behavior

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-422

  Tashiro, Ty ^a   Frazier, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; attributions; couples' therapy; social cognition; translational research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

EID: 35448941879     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.54.4.409     Document Type: Article

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