Feeling bad? The "Power" of positive thinking may not apply to everyone

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-463

  Ng, Weiting ^a   Diener, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive strategies; Emotions; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949189155     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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