Beyond Pleasure and Pain? Emotion Regulation and Positive Psychology

Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tamir, Maya ^a   Gross, James J ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Instrumental approach; Optimal functioning; Positive psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373585.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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