I suppress, therefore I smoke: Effects of thought suppression on smoking behavior

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1225-1230

  Erskine, James A K ^a   Georgiou, George J ^b   Kvavilashvili, Lia ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavioral rebound; self regulation; smoking; thought suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649813383     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610378687     Document Type: Article

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