Retelling everyday emotional events: Condensation, distancing, and closure

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-219

  Habermas, Tilmann ^a   Berger, Nadine ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Emotion; Emotional sharing; Narrative; Retelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551588554     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931003783568     Document Type: Article

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