Everyday risk taking as a function of regulatory focus

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-137

  Hamstra, Melvyn R W ^a   Bolderdijk, Jan Willem ^a   Veldstra, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Motivation; Regulatory focus; Risk taking; Self regulation; Traffic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751531236     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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