Habitual self-regulatory orientation and ease-of-retrieval: Regulatory focus qualifies the impact of subjective experiences in judgment

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-348

  Greifeneder, Rainer ^a   Keller, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ease of retrieval; Feelings; Judgment; Prevention; Promotion; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864770041     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9251-8     Document Type: Article

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