Effects of Implementation Intentions on Anxiety, Perceived Proximity, and Motor Performance

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 623-635

  Stern, Chadly ^a   Cole, Shana ^a   Gollwitzer, Peter M ^a   Oettingen, Gabriele ^a   Balcetis, Emily ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

implementation intentions; sports performance; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876437400     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213479612     Document Type: Article

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