Sad as a Matter of Evidence: The Desire for Self-Verification Motivates the Pursuit of Sadness in Clinical Depression
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00238
Abstract: Background Research on desired emotions revealed that individuals want to feel negative emotions if they expect these emotions to yield certain benefits. In previous studies, the pursuit of sadness (e.g., via pursuing art that evokes… read more here.
Keywords: self verification; self; pursuit sadness;