When people want what others have: The impulsive side of envious desire

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 142-153

  Crusius, Jan ^a   Mussweiler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approach and avoidance; Envy; Impulsive behavior; Self control; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; ENVY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84864371352     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023523     Document Type: Article

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