Illusory control as a function of the motivation to avoid randomly determined aversive outcomes

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-41

  Biner, Paul M ^a   Johnston, Bradley C ^a   Summers, Amanda D ^a   Chudzynski, Elyse N ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive outcomes; Illusion of control; Illusory control; Motivation to avoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650477064     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-008-9111-3     Document Type: Article

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