Effects of a smile on mood and helping behavior

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1251-1258

  Vrugt, Anneke ^a   Vet, Carolijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Helping behavior; Mood; Smiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649129555     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.9.1251     Document Type: Article

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