A cross-cultural analysis of avoidance (relative to approach) personal goals

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 505-510

  Elliot, Andrew J ^b   Chirkov, Valary I ^c   Kim, Youngmee ^c   Sheldon, Kennon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; RUSSIA; STUDENTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035515980     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00393     Document Type: Article

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