Tracking affect and academic success across university: Happy students benefit from bouts of negative mood

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2022-2030

  Barker, Erin T ^a   Howard, Andrea L ^b   Galambos, Nancy L ^c   Wrosch, Carsten ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic success; Affect; Emotion regulation; Longitudinal; University students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; TIME FACTOR; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990932178     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000231     Document Type: Article

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