Can expressions of anger enhance creativity? A test of the emotions as social information (EASI) model

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1042-1048

  Van Kleef, Gerben A ^a   Anastasopoulou, Christina ^a,c   Nijstad, Bernard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Society of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anger; Creativity; Emotion; Epistemic motivation; Interpersonal effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956616230     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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