Unscrambling self-regulatory behavior determination: The interplay of impulse strength, reflective processes, and control resources

Psychology of Self-Regulation: Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 53-71

  Friese, Malte ^a   Wänke, Michaela ^a   Hofmann, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84861223050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837962     Document Type: Chapter

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