Compensatory control and the appeal of a structured world

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 694-722

  Landau, Mark J ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b   Whitson, Jennifer A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory control theory; Control motivation; Self regulation; Structure

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC);

DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84929047822     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038703     Document Type: Article

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