The regulatory benefits of high levels of affect perception accuracy: A process analysis of reactions to stressors in daily life

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 785-795

  Robinson, Michael D ^a   Moeller, Sara K ^b   Buchholz, Maria M ^a   Boyd, Ryan L ^a   Troop Gordon, Wendy ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect perception; Emotion regulation; Experience sampling; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECT PERCEPTION ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868355835     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029044     Document Type: Article

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