General action and inaction goals: Their behavioral, cognitive, and affective origins and influences

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-123

  Albarracin, Dolores ^a   Hepler, Justin ^a   Tannenbaum, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

action; goals; inaction; motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960253263     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411402666     Document Type: Review

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