Do people essentialize emotions? Individual differences in emotion essentialism and emotional experience

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 629-644

  Lindquist, Kristen A ^a   Gendron, Maria ^b,c   Oosterwijk, Suzanne ^c,d   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Emotional complexity; Psychological essentialism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EMOTION ESSENTIALISM; EMOTION EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METAPHYSICS; SOCIAL BELIEF;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883248993     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032283     Document Type: Article

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