This Mood Is Familiar and I Don't Deserve to Feel Better Anyway: Mechanisms Underlying Self-Esteem Differences in Motivation to Repair Sad Moods

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 363-380

  Wood, Joanne V ^a   Heimpel, Sara A ^a   Manwell, Laurie A ^a   Whittington, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

deserving; emotion regulation; self esteem; self verification; sociometer theory

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 60749089686     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012881     Document Type: Article

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