Looking at me, appreciating you: Self-focused attention distinguishes between gratitude and indebtedness

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 710-718

  Mathews, Maureen A ^a   Green, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratitude; Indebtedness; Self awareness; Self focus; Social exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; EMOTION; GRATITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEBTEDNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUBLIC SELF CONSCIOUSNESS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF FOCUSED ATTENTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77952378702     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802650796     Document Type: Article

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