Motivation when optimism declines: Data on temporal dynamics

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 421-432

  Wicker, Frank W ^a   Turner, Jeannine E ^a   Reed, Joylynn H ^a   McCann, Erin J ^a   Do, Seung Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectation; Motivation; Optimism; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444260273     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.138.5.421-432     Document Type: Article

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