From a Distance ...: The Impact of Approach and Avoidance Motivational Orientation on Perspective Taking

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-26

  Sassenrath, Claudia ^a   Sassenberg, Kai ^b   Scholl, Annika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

approach motivational orientation; avoidance motivational orientation; egocentric anchoring; perspective taking; self other differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890615012     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613486672     Document Type: Article

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