On the independence of positive and negative affect

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 644-651

  Warr, Peter B ^a   Barter, Joanna ^b   Brownbridge, Garry ^b  

^a Applied Psychology Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

negative affect, college students, methodological explanations for findings of N. M. Bradburn; statistical independence of positive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944087457     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.44.3.644     Document Type: Article

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