Personal goals and psychological growth: Testing an intervention to enhance goal attainment and personality integration

Journal of Personality

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-31

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a   Kasser, Tim ^b   Smith, Kendra ^a   Share, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MISSOURI; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036482461     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00176     Document Type: Article

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