Self-esteem moderates affective reactions to briefly presented emotional faces

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328-331

  Richter, Anne ^a   Ridout, Nathan ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Emotional facial expressions; Implicit processing; Mood; Negative affect; Self esteem; Sociometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955470266     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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