Anger as a Hidden Motivator: Associating Attainable Products With Anger Turns Them Into Rewards

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 438-445

  Veling, Harm ^a   Ruys, Kirsten I ^a   Aarts, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anger; approach; money; reward; unconscious

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862128205     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611425425     Document Type: Article

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