Three Decades of Research on Motivational Intensity Theory: What We Have Learned About Effort and What We Still Don't Know

Advances in Motivation Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages 149-186

  Richter, M ^a   Gendolla, G H E ^b   Wright, R A ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Effort; Goal pursuit; Hand grip; Motivational intensity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85113790824     PISSN: 22150919     EISSN: 22150927     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.adms.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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