Smiling in the Face of Adversity: The Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Functions of Smiling

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Papa, Anthony ^a   Bonanno, George A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

Author keywords

Duchenne smile; facial expression; positive emotion; social integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTEGRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMILING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 39449132163     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.8.1.1     Document Type: Article

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