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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University of British Columbia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42864 |