Are emotional clarity and emotion differentiation related?

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 961-978

  Boden, Matthew Tyler ^a   Thompson, Renee J ^b   Dizén, Mügé ^c   Berenbaum, Howard ^d   Baker, John P ^e  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Parkland College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion differentiation; Emotion granularity; Emotional awareness; Emotional clarity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMOTION DIFFERENTIATION; EMOTIONAL CLARITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84881661501     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.751899     Document Type: Article

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