How does this make you feel? A comparison of four affect induction procedures

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Xuan ^a,b   Yu, Hui W ^a   Barrett, Lisa F ^b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect induction; Comparison; Efficacy; Procedure; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904900575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00689     Document Type: Article

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