Measuring positive emotions

Social Indicators Research Series

Volumn 39, Issue , 2009, Pages 139-155

  Lucas, Richard E ^a   Diener, Ed ^b   Larsen, Randy J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basic Emotion; Emotional Experience; Negative Affect; Negative Emotion; Positive Emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861998099     PISSN: 13876570     EISSN: 22150099     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2354-4_7     Document Type: Chapter

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