Feeling Worse to Feel Better: Pain-Offset Relief Simultaneously Stimulates Positive Affect and Reduces Negative Affect

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-529

  Franklin, Joseph C ^a   Lee, Kent M ^a   Hanna, Eleanor K ^a   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

emotions; psychopathology; startle reflex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876161449     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612458805     Document Type: Article

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