From Tribulations to Appreciation: Experiencing Adversity in the Past Predicts Greater Savoring in the Present

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 511-516

  Croft, Alyssa ^a   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^a   Quoidbach, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Universitat Pompeu Fabra and UPF BSM Barcelona School of Management   (Spain)

Author keywords

adversity; emotion regulation; savoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901762255     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613512510     Document Type: Article

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