Valence Focus and Self-Esteem Lability: Reacting to Hedonic Cues in the Social Environment

Emotion

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 406-418

  Pietromonaco, Paula R ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; experience sampling; self esteem lability; social interactions; valence focus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 66949114579     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015691     Document Type: Article

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