Secondary Control Critiqued: Is It Secondary? Is It Control? Comment on Morling and Evered (2006)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 911-916

  Skinner, Ellen A ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accommodation; autonomy; belongingness; primary control; secondary control; self determination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 35648986109     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.133.6.911     Document Type: Article

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