To achieve or not to achieve? Comparative mindsets elicit assimilation and contrast in goal priming

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 780-788

  Crusius, Jan ^a   Mussweiler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 84866544774     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.873     Document Type: Article

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