Static thinking as cognitive coping with performance difficulties: The role of motivation and "arousal"

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-307

  Gendolla, Guido H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arousal cognition; Cardiovascular reactivity; Static thinking; Task engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747692347     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800600841265     Document Type: Article

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