Negative moods and the motivated remembering of past selves: The role of implicit theories of personal stability

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 242-263

  McFarland, Cathy ^a   Buehler, Roger ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Emotion regulation and motivated cognition; Implicit theories of personality; Mood and memory; Mood congruent and mood incongruent cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT;

AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861138853     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026271     Document Type: Article

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