Can positive affect "undo" negative affect? A longitudinal study of affect in studying

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-452

  Moneta, Giovanni B ^a   Vulpe, Alina ^a,b   Rogaten, Jekaterina ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

College students; Emotions; Longitudinal study; Mediation; Negative affect; Positive affect; Undoing hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862336008     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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