A place for individual differences in what everyone knows about what everyone does: Positive affect, cognitive processes, and cognitive experiential self theory

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 749-761

  Burton, Chad ^a   Heintzelman, Samantha ^b   King, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84885166662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12063     Document Type: Article

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