Stop and start control: A distinction within self-control

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 349-362

  de Boer, Benjamin J ^a   van Hooft, Edwin A J ^b   Bakker, Arnold B ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Self control; Start control; Stop control

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053119530     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.796     Document Type: Article

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