Future thought and behaviour change

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-63

  Oettingen, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Fantasies; Future thought; Implicit cognition; Intervention; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863334699     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10463283.2011.643698     Document Type: Article

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