The structure of goal contents across 15 cultures

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 800-816

  Grouzet, Frederick M E ^a,l   Kasser, Tim ^b   Ahuvia, Aaron ^c   Dols, José Miguel Fernández ^d   Kim, Youngmee ^e,k   Lau, Sing ^f   Ryan, Richard M ^g   Saunders, Shaun ^h   Schmuck, Peter ⁱ   Sheldon, Kennon M ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^f HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

ⁱ TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^k BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Circumplex structure; Cross cultural research; Intrinsic extrinsic goals; Motivation; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY;

EID: 32644468921     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.5.800     Document Type: Article

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