The effects of subjective loss of control on risk-taking behavior: The mediating role of anger

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Beisswingert, Birgit M ^a,b   Zhang, Keshun ^a,b   Goetz, Thomas ^a,b   Fang, Ping ^c   Fischbacher, Urs ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Thurgau University of Teacher Education   (Switzerland)

^c CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d University of Konstanz and Thurgau Institute of Economics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anger; Attribution; Cross cultural study; Perceived control; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940517854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00774     Document Type: Article

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