Seeing oneself in one's choices: Construal level and self-pertinence of electoral and consumer decisions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1174-1179

  Freitas, Antonio L ^a   Langsam, Karen L ^a   Clark, Sheri ^a   Moeller, Scott J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action identification; Decision making; Temporal construal; The self

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549085496     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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