Low Self-Control Promotes the Willingness to Sacrifice in Close Relationships

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1533-1540

  Righetti, Francesca ^a   Finkenauer, Catrin ^a   Finkel, Eli J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

close relationships; heuristics; interpersonal relationships; prosocial behavior; sacrifice; self control; social behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEURISTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SACRIFICE; SELF-CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; HEURISTICS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SACRIFICE; SELF-CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881239817     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613475457     Document Type: Article

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