Affective Dynamics in Psychopathology

Emotion Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 355-361

  Trull, Timothy J ^a   Lane, Sean P ^a   Koval, Peter ^b   Ebner Priemer, Ulrich W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Central Institute of Mental Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

affective dynamics; affective instability; emotional differentiation; emotional inertia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944065808     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: 17540747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073915590617     Document Type: Article

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