To do or not to do: Using positive and negative role models to harness motivation

Social Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-450

  Lockwood, Penelope ^a   Sadler, Pamela ^b   Fyman, Keren ^a   Tuck, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 4644221858     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.22.4.422.38297     Document Type: Review

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