The impact of perceived self-efficacy on mental time travel and social problem solving

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 299-306

  Brown, Adam D ^a   Dorfman, Michelle L ^b   Marmar, Charles R ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Episodic future thinking; Mental time travel; Self efficacy; Social problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TIME TRAVEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84857505270     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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