How can the impact of implementation intentions as a behaviour change intervention be improved?

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-41

  Prestwich, A ^a   Kellar, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Conscientiousness; Goals; Implementation intentions; Moderators; Motivation; Perfectionism; Reminders; Text message

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891939821     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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