Self-regulation and personality: How interventions increase regulatory success, and how depletion moderates the effects of traits on behavior

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1773-1802

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Gailliot, Matthew ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^a   Oaten, Megan ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33750682618     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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