The appraisal rebound effect: Cognitive appraisals on the rebound

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1208-1219

  Yap, Andy J ^a   Tong, Eddie M W ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Emotion regulation; Ironic rebound; Mental regulation; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COGNITION; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERCEPTION; RECALL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANGER; CHARACTER; COGNITION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REPRESSION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69949167709     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209338073     Document Type: Article

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