From Fantasy to Action: Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions (MCII) Improves Academic Performance in Children

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 745-753

  Duckworth, Angela Lee ^a   Kirby, Teri A ^b   Gollwitzer, Anton ^c   Oettingen, Gabriele ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

achievement; adolescence; goals; intervention; MCII; mental contrasting with implementation intentions; motivation; self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885352683     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613476307     Document Type: Article

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