Sealing the Emotions genie: The Effects of Physical Enclosure on Psychological Closure

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1047-1050

  Li, Xiuping ^a   Wei, Liyuan ^b   Soman, Dilip ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

body experience; emotion regulation; psychological closure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149447453     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610376653     Document Type: Article

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