Personal goals at age 25 in three generations of the twentieth century: Young adulthood in historical context

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 59-64

  Bangerter, Adrian ^a   Grob, Alexander ^b   Krings, Franciska ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Developmental tasks; Goals; Societal change; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035536432     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.60.2.59     Document Type: Article

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