The tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment scales: Examination of their validity

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-142

  Mueller, Daniel J ^a   Kim, Kyung ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodative flexibility; Assimilative tenacity; Confirmatory factor analysis; Flexible goal adjustment; Tenacious goal pursuit

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642537579     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403258456     Document Type: Article

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