The resource replenishment function of interest

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 592-599

  Thoman, Dustin B ^a   Smith, Jessi L ^b   Silvia, Paul J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; interest; motivation goals; positive affect; resource depletion; self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755206240     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611402521     Document Type: Review

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