Strategic control over the unhelpful effects of primed social categories and goals

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Webb, Thomas L ^a   Sheeran, Paschal ^a   Gollwitzer, Peter M ^b,c   Trötschel, Roman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implementation intentions; Priming; Self control; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869471512     PISSN: 21908370     EISSN: 21512604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000112     Document Type: Article

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