Action versus state orientation moderates the impact of executive functioning on real-life self-control

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1635-1653

  Wolff, Max ^a   Krönke, Klaus Martin ^a   Venz, John ^a   Kräplin, Anja ^a   Bühringer, Gerhard ^a   Smolka, Michael N ^a   Goschke, Thomas ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action orientation; Cognitive control; Executive functions; Individual differences; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORIENTATION; SELF-CONTROL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991086151     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000229     Document Type: Article

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