Evidence for utilitarian motives in emotion regulation

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 483-491

  Tamir, Maya ^a,b   Ford, Brett Q ^c   Gilliam, Margaret ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Emotion regulation; Negotiations; Utility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; EMOTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REWARD;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGOTIATING; REWARD;

EID: 84875941017     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.715079     Document Type: Article

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