Belief and feeling in self-reports of emotion: Evidence for semantic infusion based on self-esteem

Self and Identity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-111

  Robinson, Michael D ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Judgment; Reaction time; Self esteem; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249090210     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860902728274     Document Type: Article

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