Working Memory Capacity and Spontaneous Emotion Regulation: High Capacity Predicts Self-Enhancement in Response to Negative Feedback

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 739-744

  Schmeichel, Brandon J ^a   Demaree, Heath A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego threat; Emotion regulation; Negative feedback; Self enhancement; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; SELF REPORT; WORKING MEMORY;

AFFECT; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 78249232008     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019355     Document Type: Article

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