Goal Pursuit

The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gollwitzer, Peter M ^a,b   Oettingen, Gabriele ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior change interventions; Goal commitment; Goal implementation; Goal setting; Implementation intentions; Mental contrasting; Obstacles; Self control; Self regulation; Willpower

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923584439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195399820.013.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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