Strategic regulation of mimicry effects by implementation intentions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-39

  Wieber, Frank ^a   Gollwitzer, Peter M ^a,b   Sheeran, Paschal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Goal intention; Implementation intention; Mimicry; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894656839     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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