The bidirectional relations between affect and belief

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-239

  Boden, Matthew Tyler ^a   Berenbaum, Howard ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Belief; Emotion regulation; Emotions; Meaning making

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956503162     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019898     Document Type: Article

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