Marking Time: Selective Use of Temporal Landmarks as Barriers Between Current and Future Selves

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-56

  Peetz, Johanna ^a   Wilson, Anne E ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

possible selves; self enhancement; self protection; temporal landmarks; temporal selves; time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSSIBLE SELVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ENHANCEMENT; SELF-PROTECTION; TEMPORAL LANDMARKS; TEMPORAL SELVES; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

POSSIBLE SELVES; SELF-ENHANCEMENT; SELF-PROTECTION; TEMPORAL LANDMARKS; TEMPORAL SELVES; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890811414     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213501559     Document Type: Article

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