Moments of weakness: The implicit context dependencies of temptations

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 853-866

  Leander, N Pontus ^a   Shah, James Y ^a   Chartrand, Tanya L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal priming; Implicit social influence; Temptation

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NOMENCLATURE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NAMES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 67849101768     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209334784     Document Type: Article

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