Self-Regulation as a limited resource: Strength model of control and depletion

Psychology of Self-Regulation: Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 21-33

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Alquist, Jessica L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920651308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837962     Document Type: Chapter

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