On the adaptive potential of negative emotions : exploring the role of sadness and anger for goal regulation

Negative emotions may be an outcome of goal progress. Importantly, negative emotions may also serve as guideposts for subsequent goal regulation by flagging which goals to pursue and which goals to let go. The authors examined this hypothesis using 10-day time-sampling information from 186 adults ag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slade, Loni
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42864