Behavioral activation/inhibition systems and emotions: A test of valence vs. action tendency hypotheses

Communication Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Shen, Lijiang ^a   Bigsby, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action Tendency; BIS BAS; Emotions; Multilevel Modeling; PSA; Tobit Model; Valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951048854     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750903514268     Document Type: Article

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