Forewarned is forearmed: Conserving self-control strength to resist social influence

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 911-921

  Janssen, Loes ^a   Fennis, Bob M ^b   Pruyn, Ad Th H ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forewarning of persuasion; Resistance; Resource depletion; Self control; Self regulation; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956610952     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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