A Guide to Constructs of Control

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-570

  Skinner, Ellen A ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CONTROL; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030240189     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.3.549     Document Type: Article

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