Taking a fresh perspective: Vicarious restoration as a means of recovering self-control

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 457-465

  Egan, Patrick M ^a   Hirt, Edward R ^a   Karpen, Samuel C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Group identity; Perspective taking; Restoration; Self regulation; Vicarious effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857142377     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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