Time Pressure Undermines Performance More Under Avoidance Than Approach Motivation

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 803-813

  Roskes, Marieke ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^b   Nijstad, Bernard A ^c   De Dreu, Carsten K W ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

avoidance motivation; cognitive load; cognitive resources; performance; time pressure

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE MOTIVATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE LOAD; COGNITIVE RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY; SOCIAL CONTROL; TIME; TIME PRESSURE;

AVOIDANCE MOTIVATION; COGNITIVE LOAD; COGNITIVE RESOURCES; PERFORMANCE; TIME PRESSURE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878088274     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213482984     Document Type: Article

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