The push and pull of temptation: The bidirectional influence of temptation on self-control

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1386-1390

  Nordgren, Loran F ^a   Chou, Eileen Y ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

self control; social cognition; temptation; visceral drives

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555145862     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611418349     Document Type: Article

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