Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energization

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-152

  Sevincer, A Timur ^a   Busatta, P Daniel ^a   Oettingen, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

effort; energization; expectations; mental contrasting; performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGIZATION; EXERCISE; EXPECTATIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL CONTRASTING; MOTIVATION; PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EFFORT; ENERGIZATION; EXPECTATIONS; MENTAL CONTRASTING; PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892377224     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213507088     Document Type: Article

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