Short-term mood repair through art-making: Positive emotion is more effective than venting

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Dalebroux, Anne ^a   Goldstein, Thalia R ^a   Winner, Ellen ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Emotion regulation; Short term mood repair; Venting; Visual art

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349172162     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-008-9105-1     Document Type: Article

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