Self-control at high and low levels of mental construal

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Schmeichel, Brandon J ^a   Vohs, Kathleen D ^b   Duke, S Cristina ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construal; Goal maintenance; Inhibition; Self control; Stop signal task; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051775928     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610385955     Document Type: Article

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