Expectancy effects on behavior depend on self-regulatory thought

Social Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-129

  Oettingen, Gabriele ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034419118     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2000.18.2.101     Document Type: Article

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