Forgetting all else: On the antecedents and consequences of goal shielding

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1261-1280

  Shah, James Y ^a   Friedman, Ron ^b   Kruglanski, Arie W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin ^*

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EID: 0040670050     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1261     Document Type: Article

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