Engaging in self-regulation results in low-level construals

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 763-769

  Bruyneel, Sabrina D ^a   Dewitte, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84866557781     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1896     Document Type: Article

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