Up-regulating positive emotions in everyday life: Strategies, individual differences, and associations with positive emotion and well-being

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 504-516

  Livingstone, Kimberly M ^a   Srivastava, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotion regulation; Individual differences; Positive emotions; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865719951     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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