Toward disentangling sources of individual differences in appraisal and anger

Journal of Personality

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 969-1000

  Kuppens, Peter ^a   Van Mechelen, Iven ^a   Rijmen, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ANGER; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 53749105355     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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