Self-Infiltration vs. Self-Compatibility Checking in Dealing with Unattractive Tasks: The Moderating Influence of State vs. Action Orientation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-197

  Kazén, Miguel ^a   Baumann, Nicola ^a   Kuhl, Julius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action orientation; Autonoetic access; Internalization; Introjection; Personality systems interaction theory; Self compatibility checking; Self infiltration; State orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042287767     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025043530799     Document Type: Article

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