Is Seeking Bad Mood Cognitively Demanding? Contra-Hedonic Orientation and Working-Memory Capacity in Everyday Life

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 656-665

  Riediger, Michaela ^a   Wrzus, Cornelia ^a   Schmiedek, Florian ^b   Wagner, Gert G ^c   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect regulation orientation; Contra hedonic; Experience sampling; Positive and negative affect; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; MOBILE PHONE; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959292859     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022756     Document Type: Article

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