Differentiation of 13 positive emotions by appraisals

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 484-503

  Tong, Eddie M W ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Differentiation accuracy; Positive emotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMUSEMENT; ARTICLE; AWE; CHALLENGE; COMPASSION; CONTENTMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRATITUDE; HAPPINESS; HOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEREST; LOVE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIEF; SELF EVALUATION; SERENITY; SINGAPORE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; RECALL;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SINGAPORE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922248650     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.922056     Document Type: Article

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