When and for whom does crying improve mood? A daily diary study of 1004 crying episodes

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-392

  Bylsma, Lauren M ^a   Croon, Marcel A ^b   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^b   Rottenberg, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Context; Crying; Daily diary; Individual differences; Mood; Naturalistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957934143     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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