If You Are Able to Control Yourself, I Will Trust You: The Role of Perceived Self-Control in Interpersonal Trust

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 874-886

  Righetti, Francesca ^a   Finkenauer, Catrin ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interpersonal judgment; Interpersonal perception; Self control; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRUST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955515137     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021827     Document Type: Article

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