Negative emotion differentiation: Its personality and well-being correlates and a comparison of different assessment methods

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1196-1213

  Erbas, Yasemin ^a   Ceulemans, Eva ^a   Lee Pe, Madeline ^a   Koval, Peter ^a   Kuppens, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotion differentiation; Individual differences; Personality; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905120849     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.875890     Document Type: Article

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