Emotional distress regulation takes precedence over impulse control: If you feel bad, do it!

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-67

  Tice, Dianne M ^b   Bratslavsky, Ellen ^b   Baumeister, Roy F ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85011633765     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.1.53     Document Type: Article

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