Psychological "gel" to bind individuals' goal pursuit: Gratitude facilitates goal contagion

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 748-760

  Jia, Lile ^a   Tong, Eddie M W ^a   Lee, Li Neng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Emotion; Goal contagion; Gratitude; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GRATITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 84905087629     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036407     Document Type: Article

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