Nonconscious goals can shape what people want to feel

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 292-297

  Tamir, Maya ^a   Ford, Brett Q ^b   Ryan, Erin ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Automaticity; Emotion regulation; Emotions; Motivation; Nonconscious goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871662571     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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