Alone and happy: Personality moderates the effect of happy mood on social approach

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 702-705

  Brown, Christina M ^a   Diekman, Amanda B ^b   Tennial, Rachel E ^a   Solomon, Erin D ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach; Happiness; Mood; Personality; Shyness; Social anxiety; Social inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455141342     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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