Appraisal theories of emotion: State of the art and future development

Emotion Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-124

  Moors, Agnes ^a,b   Ellsworth, Phoebe C ^c   Scherer, Klaus R ^b   Frijda, Nico H ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84875884880     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912468165     Document Type: Article

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