The impact of positive and negative fitness exemplars on motivation

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Lockwood, Penelope ^a   Wong, Carol ^a   McShane, Kelly ^a   Dolderman, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 16244376784     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2701_1     Document Type: Article

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