How to Maximize Implementation Intention Effects

Then A Miracle Occurs: Focusing on Behavior in Social Psychological Theory and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gollwitzer, Peter M ^a,b   Wieber, Frank ^b   Myers, Andrea L ^b   McCrea, Sean M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Behavioral intentions; Cognitive mediation; If then; Implementation intentions; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195377798.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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