Social exclusion causes a shift toward prevention motivation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 153-159

  Park, Jina ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Motivation; Need to belong; Regulatory focus; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908199302     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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