The Benefits of Interpersonal Regulatory Fit for Individual Goal Pursuit

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 720-736

  Righetti, Francesca ^a   Finkenauer, Catrin ^a   Rusbult, Caryl ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Goals; Instrumentality; Interpersonal processes; Interpersonal regulatory fit; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053246736     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023592     Document Type: Article

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