A Goal Systems - Self-Regulatory Perspective on Personality, Psychopathology, and Change

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 264-291

  Karoly, Paul ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000759918     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.3.4.264     Document Type: Article

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