Regulatory Focus Scale (RFS): Development of a scale to record dispositional regulatory focus

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-116

  Fellner, Bernhard ^a   Holler, Marianne ^a   Kirchler, Erich ^a   Schabmann, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Prevention; Promotion; Regulatory focus; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347222532     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.66.2.109     Document Type: Article

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