Achieving college student possible selves: Navigating the space between commitment and achievement of long-term identity goals

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-69

  Pizzolato, Jane Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Motivation; Possible selves; Students of color

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXPECTANCY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSSIBLE SELVES; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33744522931     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.1.57     Document Type: Article

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