The pleasures and pains of distinct self-construals: The role of interdependence in regulatory focus

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1122-1134

  Lee, Angela Y ^a   Aaker, Jennifer L ^b   Gardner, Wendi L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0034199404     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.6.1122     Document Type: Article

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