I feel good, therefore I am real: Testing the causal influence of mood on state authenticity

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1202-1224

  Lenton, Alison P ^a   Slabu, Letitia ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Power, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect infusion model; Authenticity; Mood; Mood as information; Personality systems interaction theory; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUTHENTICITY; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84885035990     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.778818     Document Type: Article

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