Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 901-907

  Gollwitzer, Peter M ^a,b   Sheeran, Paschal ^c   Trötschel, Roman ^d   Webb, Thomas L ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

action control; behavior priming; implementation intentions; self regulation; shielding goal pursuits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SAFETY; SOCIAL CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CUES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; REACTION TIME; SAFETY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960457011     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611411586     Document Type: Article

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