When feeling bad is expected to be good: Emotion regulation and outcome expectancies in social conflicts

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 807-816

  Tamir, Maya ^a   Ford, Brett Q ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotion regulation; Expectancies; Goals; Negotiation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONFLICT; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLEASURE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; EMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ANGER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868349998     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024443     Document Type: Article

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