In Search of the Organismic Valuing Process: The Human Tendency to Move Towards Beneficial Goal Choices

Journal of Personality

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 835-869

  Sheldon, Kennon M ^a   Arndt, Jamie ^a   Houser Marko, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0142215297     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.7105006     Document Type: Review

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