Implementation intentions as goal primes: Boosting self-control in tempting environments

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 551-557

  Van Koningsbruggen, Guido M ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Papies, Esther K ^a   Aarts, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79960731109     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.799     Document Type: Article

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