Vividness of the Future Self Predicts Delinquency

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 974-980

  van Gelder, Jean Louis ^a   Hershfield, Hal E ^b   Nordgren, Loran F ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; delinquency; future self; self defeating behavior; temporal discounting; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878782113     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612465197     Document Type: Article

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