Implementation intentions do not enhance all types of goals: The moderating role of goal difficulty

Current Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-89

  Dewitte, Siegfried ^a   Verguts, Tom ^b   Lens, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 0037705993     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-003-1014-6     Document Type: Review

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