Don't Worry, Be Sad! On the Cognitive, Motivational, and Interpersonal Benefits of Negative Mood

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-232

  Forgas, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

benefits of negative affect; interpersonal behavior; judgments; memory; mood; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878765059     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412474458     Document Type: Review

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