Conformism moderates the relations between values, anticipated regret, and behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1469-1481

  Lönnqvist, Jan Erik ^a   Leikas, Sointu ^a   Paunonen, Sampo ^b   Nissinen, Vesa ^c   Verkasalo, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Altruism; Conformism; Regret; Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33749633924     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206291672     Document Type: Article

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