Progress on a cognitive-motivational-relational theory of emotion.

1991/01/01 by Richard S. Lazarus · 2,515 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Cognition #Cognitive Science and Education Research #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Psychology #Relational theory #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.46.8.819

published in American Psychologist 46(8), 819-834 (American Psychological Association)

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