Automatic constructive appraisal as a candidate cause of emotion

Emotion Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-156

  Moors, Agnes ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Automatic; Constructive; Emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950928915     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073909351755     Document Type: Review

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