So near and yet so far: The mental representation of goal progress

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-241

  Huang, Szu Chi ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Broniarczyk, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Goals; Mental representation; Motivation; Progress; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ACHIEVEMENT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84871688750     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028443     Document Type: Article

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