What you wish is what you get? The meaning of individual variability in desired affect and affective discrepancy

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-418

  Kämpfe, Nicole ^a   Mitte, Kristin ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective discrepancy; Affective motivation; Desired affect; Hedonism; Mood regulation; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949092744     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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