Transcending Temptation Through Abstraction: The Role of Construal Level in Self-Control

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 248-252

  Fujita, Kentaro ^a   Carnevale, Jessica J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

construal level; self control; temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864391130     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412449169     Document Type: Article

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