Perceptions of goal-directed activities of optimists and pessimists: A personal projects analysis

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 521-532

  Jackson, Todd ^a   Weiss, Karen E ^a   Lundquist, Jessie J ^a   Soderlind, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Goals; Optimism; Personal projects

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN; WORK;

EID: 0036730724     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980209605548     Document Type: Article

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