Effects of regulatory focus on endorsement of religious beliefs

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 539-545

  Reber, Rolf ^a   Lima, Andreas ^a   Fosse, BjØrg Helland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Belief; Context effects; Framing; Judgement; Regulatory focus; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 36248954932     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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