Exploring relationships between goal setting, goal pursuit and depression: A review

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-103

  Street, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0036662010     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060210001706736     Document Type: Review

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