Anger, fear, and escalation of commitment

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 962-973

  Tsai, Ming Hong ^a   Young, Maia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Escalation of commitment; Fear; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77956143393     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903050631     Document Type: Article

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