On the hidden benefits of state orientation: Can people prosper without efficient affect-regulation skills?

Building Defending and Regulating the Self: A Psychological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 217-243

  Koole, Sander L ^a   Kuhl, Julius ^b   Jostmann, Nils B ^a   Vohs, Kathleen D ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203998052     Document Type: Chapter

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