Locating Anger in the Hierarchical Structure of Affect: Comment on Carver and Harmon-Jones (2009)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-208

  Watson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; approach; avoidance; negative affect; positive affect

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGER; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFFECT; ANGER; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEAR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 61849163400     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014413     Document Type: Article

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