Self-Regulation and Selective Exposure: The Impact of Depleted Self-Regulation Resources on Confirmatory Information Processing

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-395

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^b   Frey, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

confirmatory information processing; depletion of self regulation resources; selective exposure; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 39749101277     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.3.382     Document Type: Article

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