Misery is not miserly: Sad and self-focused individuals spend more

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-530

  Cryder, Cynthia E ^a   Lerner, Jennifer S ^b   Gross, James J ^c   Dahl, Ronald E ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EGO; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EGO; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 44949243296     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02118.x     Document Type: Article

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