Moderated Disanxiousuncertlibrium: Specifying the Moderating and Neuroaffective Determinants of Violation-Compensation Effects

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 386-396

  Proulx, Travis ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84870697050     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2012.734912     Document Type: Article

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