Commitment to change from locomotion motivation during deliberation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-129

  Scholer, Abigail A ^a   Higgins, E Tory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Deliberation; Goal commitment; Motivation; Regulatory mode

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861348506     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9239-4     Document Type: Article

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