Trait affectivity and response styles to positive affect: Negative affectivity relates to dampening and positive affectivity relates to enhancing
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عنوان ژورنال: Personality and Individual Differences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0191-8869
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.02.087