How to win friendship and trust by influencing people's feelings: An investigation of interpersonal affect regulation and the quality of relationships

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 777-805

  Niven, Karen ^a   Holman, David ^a   Totterdell, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

close relationships; emotion regulation; friendship; interpersonal affect regulation; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862236257     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712439909     Document Type: Article

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