Goal Setting among Adolescents: A Comparison of Delinquent, At-Risk, and Not-At-Risk Youth

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 441-450

  Carroll, Annemaree ^a   Hattie, John ^c   Durkin, Kevin ^b   Houghton, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 0347509685     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.89.3.441     Document Type: Article

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