On the Benign Qualities of Behavioral Disinhibition: Because of the Prosocial Nature of People, Behavioral Disinhibition Can Weaken Pleasure With Getting More Than You Deserve

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 791-811

  van den Bos, Kees ^a   Van Lange, Paul A M ^b   Lind, E Allan ^c   Venhoeven, Leonie A ^a   Beudeker, Dagmar A ^a   Cramwinckel, Florien M ^a   Smulders, Linda ^a   van der Laan, Jorien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral disinhibition; Benign reactions; Social value orientations; Unfairness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEASURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053236186     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023556     Document Type: Article

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