The idea of money counteracts ego depletion effects

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 804-810

  Boucher, Helen C ^a   Kofos, Monthe N ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Money; Priming; Self control; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862158093     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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