Approach, avoidance, and the self-regulation of affect and action

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-110

  Carver, Charles S ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749634299     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-006-9044-7     Document Type: Article

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