Feeling good at the right time: Why people value predictability in goal attainment

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-30

  Klein, Nadav ^a   Fishbach, Ayelet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Happiness; Script; Self regulation; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901487950     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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