Expressions of positive emotion in women's college yearbook pictures and their relationship to personality and life outcomes across adulthood

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 112-124

  Harker, LeeAnne ^a   Keltner, Dacher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PORTRAITS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85047686457     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.1.112     Document Type: Article

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