Personal goals in social roles: Divergences and convergences across roles and levels of analysis

Journal of Personality

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-84

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ROLE PLAYING; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FREEDOM; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034137675     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00091     Document Type: Article

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