Managing life through personal goals: Intergoal facilitation and intensity of goal pursuit in younger and older adulthood

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Riediger, Michaela ^a   Freund, Alexandra M ^a   Baltes, Paul B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 14744281833     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.2.P84     Document Type: Article

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