The role of causal attribution in hurt feelings and related social emotions elicited in reaction to other's feedback about failure

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 862-880

  Hareli, Shlomo ^a   Hess, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 47249092273     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701541641     Document Type: Article

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