On Near Misses and Completed Tasks: The Nature of Relief

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 464-468

  Sweeny, Kate ^a   Vohs, Kathleen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

emotions; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861724901     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611434590     Document Type: Article

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