Mental Contrasting and the Self-Regulation of Responding to Negative Feedback

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 845-857

  Kappes, Andreas ^a   Oettingen, Gabriele ^a,b   Pak, Hyeonju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

expectations; goal commitment; goal pursuit; mental contrasting; negative feedback; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862027759     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212446833     Document Type: Article

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