The intensity of motivation when the self is involved: An application of Brehm's theory of motivation to effort-related cardiovascular response

Motivational Analyses of Social Behavior: Building on Jack Brehm's Contributions to Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 205-224

  Gendolla, Guido H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610089     Document Type: Chapter

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