Cognitive motivation correlates of coping style in decisional conflict

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 605-626

  Bouckenooghe, Dave ^a   Vanderheyden, Karlien ^a   Mestdagh, Steven ^a   Van Laethem, Sarah ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conflict; Coping patterns; Decision making; Need for cognition; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749060957     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.141.6.605-626     Document Type: Article

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