So far away: The role of subjective temporal distance to future goals in motivation and behavior

Social Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 475-495

  Peetz, Johanna ^a   Wilson, Anne E ^a   Strahan, Erin J ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 69149110995     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.4.475     Document Type: Article

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