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1 - Self-Regulation: Principles and Tools

from Part I - Concepts and Processes of Self-Regulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2015

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Gabriele Oettingen  and
Peter M. Gollwitzer
Edited by
Gabriele Oettingen  and
Peter M. Gollwitzer
Gabriele Oettingen
Affiliation:
New York University
Peter M. Gollwitzer
Affiliation:
New York University
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Gabriele Oettingen, Psychology Department, New York University and Department of Psychology, University of Hamburg, Germany; Peter M. Gollwitzer, Psychology Department, New York University and Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany.

Correspondence concerning this chapter should be addressed to Gabriele Oettingen, Psychology Department, New York University, 6 Washington Pl., New York, NY 10003, USA, E-mail: [email protected]

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Self-Regulation in Adolescence , pp. 3 - 29
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