An S-Shaped Relationship Between Changes in Appraisals and Changes in Emotions

Emotion

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 821-837

  Tong, Eddie M W ^a   Ellsworth, Phoebe C ^a   Bishop, George D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

appraisal; emotions; S shaped function

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRITICAL THEORY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MOOD CHANGE; MOTIVATION; SELF REPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANGER; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449207609     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017812     Document Type: Article

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