Contact high: Mania proneness and positive perception of emotional touches

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1116-1123

  Piff, Paul K ^a   Purcell, Amanda ^b   Gruber, June ^b   Hertenstein, Matthew J ^c   Keltner, Dacher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypomania mania; Individual differences; Mania proneness; Positive emotion; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865248406     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.633987     Document Type: Article

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