Preferences for sadness when eliciting help: Instrumental motives in sadness regulation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-315

  Hackenbracht, Joy ^a   Tamir, Maya ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Emotions; Helping; Sadness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955919344     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-010-9180-y     Document Type: Article

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