Inclusion-Exclusion of Positive and Negative Past Selves: Mood Congruence as Information

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 470-487

  Gebauer, Jochen E ^a   Broemer, Philip ^b   Haddock, Geoffrey ^a   von Hecker, Ulrich ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

chronic mood; mood congruence; past self; self esteem; temporal distance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 58149115564     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012543     Document Type: Article

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