Personal Projects: A Useful Approach to the Study of Occupation

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 439-446

  Christiansen, Charles H ^a   Little, Brian R ^b   Backman, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Occupational science; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

GOALS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032088461     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.52.6.439     Document Type: Article

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