Which emotions last longest and why: The role of event importance and rumination

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-127

  Verduyn, Philippe ^a   Lavrijsen, Saskia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Appraisals; Emotion duration; Emotion dynamics; Emotion regulation; Rumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920587114     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: 15736644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-014-9445-y     Document Type: Article

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