Individual differences in intention initiation under demanding conditions: Interactive effects of state vs. action orientation and enactment difficulty

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 693-715

  Kazén, Miguel ^a   Kaschel, Reiner ^a   Kuhl, Julius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action initiation; Intention memory; Intentions; Prospective memory; PSI theory; State and action orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249096216     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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