The relationship between implicit and explicit motives, goal pursuit, and autobiographical memory content during a diary study

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 374-383

  Bender, Michael ^a   Woike, Barbara A ^b   Burke, Christopher T ^c   Dow, Emily A A ^d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Diary study; Explicit motives; Goal characteristics; Implicit motives; LIWC; Motive congruence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861841313     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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