When do feelings help us? The interpersonal functions of emotions

Advances in Psychology Research

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Tibbett, Thomas P ^a   Lench, Heather C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Affective science; Emotion; Function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953793442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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