Effects of environmental predictability and personal mastery on self-regulatory and physiological processes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 611-620

  Pham, Lien B ^a   Taylor, Shelley E ^a   Seeman, Teresa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035531325     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201275009     Document Type: Article

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