The unique relations between emotional awareness and facets of affective instability

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 875-879

  Thompson, Renee J ^a   Dizén, Mügé ^a   Berenbaum, Howard ^a  

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

Author keywords

Affect intensity; Affective instability; Emotional awareness; Lability; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349157617     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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