%0 Journal Article
%T ¡®Man You¡¯ve Been a Naughty Boy, You Let your Face Grow long¡¯ On the celebration of negative affect in adolescence
%A Paul Cooper
%A Michalis Kakos
%J International Journal of Emotional Education
%D 2013
%I University of Malta
%X In this paper the authors explore the phenomena of positive attitudes towards negative affect among young adolescent as reflected in the appearance and behaviours of ¡®radical peer crowds¡¯, such as Punks, Goths and Emos. The authors consider the significance of this in relation to the history of melancholy and theories of identity formation.
%K Adolescents
%K negative affect
%K radical peer crowds
%K melancholy
%U http://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/183877/vol5i1p1.pdf