Positive emotion differentiation: A functional approach

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 104-117

  Shiota, Michelle N ^a   Neufeld, Samantha L ^a   Danvers, Alexander F ^a   Osborne, Elizabeth A ^a   Sng, Oliver ^a   Yee, Claire I ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12092     Document Type: Article

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