Motivation, personal beliefs, and limited resources all contribute to self-control

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 943-947

  Vohs, Kathleen D ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^b   Schmeichel, Brandon J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Lay belief; Motivation; Self control; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862177389     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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