Personal Goals: A State-of-the-Art Review;Persönliche Ziele: Ein Überblick zum Stand der Forschung

Psychologische Rundschau

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 146-160

  Brunstein, Joachim C ^a   Maier, Günter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Close relationships; Motivation; Personal goals; Social support; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001909623     PISSN: 00333042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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