Value from adversity: How we deal with adversity matters

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 965-967

  Higgins, E Tory ^a   Marguc, Janina ^b   Scholer, Abigail A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adversity; Difficulty; Engagement; Motivation; Regulatory engagement theory; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862161864     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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